Recent Policy Updates

The revised policy will harmonize distribution models for royalties and equity income, giving departments and schools access to both royalties and equity income. It will not change the inventors’ share of royalties or equity. It will introduce options for inventors in their decision-making in relation to department shares and equity shares.

Added undergrads and post doc to the introduction paragraph. Extends this requirement to faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students, post doctoral scholars and visitors involved in research.

Establishes policy and procedures for disclosure and assignment of ownership of potentially patentable inventions created in the course of work at Stanford or with more than incidental use of Stanford resources. Extends this requirement to faculty, staff, graduate students and visitors involved in research.

Royalty-sharing updated in to reflect changes related to equity acquisition.

Explanatory materials added to Section 2.D.