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Brown University has amended its patent policies once since 1991. The share given to the inventor dropped from 50% to 33% when the 2005 patent policy went into effect.
Summary
| Institution | Start | End | Flat | $0-10k | $10-50k | $50-100k | $100-300k | $300-500k | $0.5-1M | >$1M | Fee | Lab | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University | 1981 | 2005 | No | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0 | No | No |
| Brown University | 2006 | 2017 | Yes | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.15 | Yes | No |
Policy Excerpts
Current Policy
The Office of Brown Technology Partnerships will deduct 15% of the gross Royalties it receives as a contribution towards the costs of operating the Office for the University.
Net royalties are divided as follows:
- Inventor: 1/3
- PI's Laboratory and Department Share: 1/3
- University Share: 1/3
1981 Policy
For any invention for which the University and inventor have an interest, the equity of the University and inventor shall be determined according to the following schedule:
- i. the first $100,000 of net income shall be distributed equally between the inventor and the department of the inventor.
- 50% to the Inventor(s)
- 50% to the Department(s)
- ii. net income in excess of $100,000 but less than $1,000,000 shall be distributed as follows.
- 25% to the Inventor(s)
- 75% to the University
- iii. net income in excess of $1,000,000 shall be distributed as follows
- 20% to the Inventor(s)
- 80% to the University
- iv. net income shall be defined as income after all deductions of expense for processing and development.
