Technology Transfer

FOR UMSL RESEARCHERS: LICENSE REVENUE DISTRIBUTION

PATENT RIGHTS – Inventions & Discoveries
Any income resulting from licensing patent rights are distributed among the inventor, the inventor’s department, and the University (per UM Collected Rules & Regulations 100.020):

Before patent-related expenses:

1/3 to the inventor(s)

After patent-related expenses and inventor’s share are deducted, the remaining income is divided and distributed as follows:

2/9 to the faculty inventor’s department
2/9 to the ORA to support research and technology transfer activities
2/9 to the UM System (Office of Intellectual Property Administration) to support system-wide technology transfer activities and partial support of the campus offices

PATENT RIGHTS – Plant Varieties
Any income resulting from licensing patent rights are distributed among the inventor, the inventor’s department, and the University as follows per UM Collected Rules & Regulations 100.020.

COPYRIGHTS
The ORA rarely deals with licensing copyrights. However, when we do, the income resulting from licensing copyrights are distributed as follows (per UM Collected Rules & Regulations 100.030):

1/2 of net income to the Author(s)/Producer(s)
1/2 of net income to the Department