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as the agent of the University, and the inventor or discoverer
on a fair busis, The basis of that division might well vary
in different cases, depending upon the circumstances of each
case.

In all cases in which the University laboratories,
materials, and facilities are used in research projects done on
University time, it is assumed that the University would be en=
titled to a very substantial share of the proceeds. It is also
assumed that discoverers and inventors in such cases would be under
obligation to tender their discoveries and inventions to the Re-
search Foundation,

On the other hand, it should be understood that ‘is-
coveries and inventions made by members of the University staff on
their own free time and by use of facilities outside of the Uni-
versity, belong to such discoverers and inventors, and that, in
such cases, there is no obligation to share any proceeds with the
University. But such discoverers and inventors may contract with
the Research Foundation for patenting and development.

The Committee is also of the opinion that the University,
under proper safeguards, may enlist the cooperation of industrial
organizations in the development of well-defined research projects
which criginate either in the University or in the industrial
organization concerned, In all such cases, the policies governing
the acquisition and disposition of resuits should be clearly de-
fined in advance of beginning the work, Likewise, the nature and
scope of such projects, the period of investigation, and the costs
to the cooperator and to the University should be clearly defined
in the written agreement. Financial accounting of expenditures and
receipts should be’ made at appropriate intervals, All such con-
tracts should be drawn in a manner to prevent any undue delay in
publishing the results of research, Such contracts should also
preclude the suppression of discoveries and inventions.

Cooperative researches which originate as a result of
industrial interest in investigations already under way in the
University should be on a different basis from those in which the
University agrees to assist the cooperatcr in developing ideas
conceived by him, In the first class, titles to patents, resulting
from such researches, should, in general, be assigned to the
Foundation. Only shop rights to operate under the patents should
be granted to the cooperator. The right to use these patents may
also be granted to others under licenses from the Foundation on a
royalty basis. In the second class of coonerative research, the
patent rights are usually assigned to the cooperator on a fair
contractual basis,