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Patents are awarded to inventors not funders. Grant agreements rarely require the transfer of patent rights, but employment agreements often do.
by jessriedel 10y ago
Patents are awarded to inventors not funders. Grant agreements rarely require the transfer of patent rights, but employment agreements often do.
- wonderous 10y agoIf it's a US federal grant from SBIR for example, even when retaining title to the patent, the researcher must grant a nontransferable license to practice the invention to the federal government.