1.5, Inventions and Related Property Rights

 Policy Statement

Cornell University requires inventors to assign to the university or its designee all rights and titles of their inventions and related property rights that result from activity conducted in the course of an appointment with the university and/or using university resources, including those provided through an externally funded grant, contract, or other type of award or gift to the university.

 Entities Affected by This Policy

All units of the university

 Policy Information

• Responsible Executive: Vice Provost for Research
• Responsible Offices:  Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise and Commercialization
• Dates: Originally Issued: July 1, 1995; Revised: December 12, 2002, May 29, 2004; Updated: January 2006; Reissued: January 14, 2008
• Contact: Your local unit's administrative office or the Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise and Commercialization 

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