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I don't know about your specific examples, but yes, royalties from spin-offs absolutely do flow back to the supporting institution.

• kapauldo 9y ago
  The problem is 1/1000 patents makes substantial revenue for universities.
  • mjevans 9y ago
    Would it be more cost effective overall to just put those discoveries directly in to the public domain and not worry about the administrative overheads? Further, would the private sector benefit from such crucial hard-research discoveries being public knowledge and thus open for all to benefit from? (Possibly in exchange for a requirement of a minimum number of workers in that field in this country, and an import tariff on products if they aren't locally employing? I could see extending mutual tariff free exchange status among other nations with similar public domain enriching efforts.)
    • bogomipz 9y ago
      I was wondering similar, for instance what is the proximity of those 400 companies to the Universities that their research produces?