The following policies and guidelines support the university's efforts to patent, license, and commercialize the results of university research for the public benefit.
Inventorship, Copyrights, Patents, Licensing, or Starting a Company
- UC Intellectual Property Policy(link is external)
- UC Patent Acknowledgement Policy(link is external)
- UC Copyright Policies(link is external)
- UC Inventor Share Policy(link is external)
- UC Licensing Guidelines (PDF file)(link is external)
- UC Policy on Patent Rights, Agreements, and Releases(link is external)
- UC Guidance on Recognizing Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship in the Academic Personnel Process (PDF file)(link is external)
- UC Policy on Leaves of Absence for Entrepreneurship (Academic Personnel Manual Section 759) (PDF file)(link is external)
- UC Policy on Innovation Transfer and Entrepreneurship(link is external)
Innovation Equity
UC Berkeley accepts equity in companies under two programs: 1) through licensing transactions; 2) as compensation for access to UC Berkeley facilities or for startup acceleration and incubation services. The Equity Solutions Services(link is external) (ESS) team manages innovation equity at UC Berkeley.