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The Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) is responsible for working with campus inventors to facilitate transfer of technologies created at UC Berkeley into the commercial sector for public use. The scope of OTL activities include:
Administrative officials are responsible for ensuring that all potentially patentable inventions are disclosed to OTL as soon as possible after the conception of the idea. Potentially patentable inventions include any new or useful process, device or apparatus, article of manufacture, composition of matter (including chemical compounds, microorganisms, and the like), asexually propagated plant, or related improvement to any of the foregoing, or a new use for a known material or device.
An explanation of the technology licensing process, UC licensing policies, and contact information can be found on the OTL web site at http://otl.berkeley.edu.
University
licensing guidelines from the Office of the President can be accessed at http://patron.ucop.edu/ottmemos/docs/ott00-05.html.
UC Equity Policy (http://otl.berkeley.edu/inventor/ucequity.php)
discusses the acceptance of equity in a company as partial consideration for receiving
a license and establishes parameters for entering into such arrangements. Guidelines
on University-Industry Relations (http://otl.berkeley.edu/inventor/ucguidelines.php)
discusses the complexity of relations between the
Related Policy Web Sites
UC Patent Policy: http://otl.berkeley.edu/inventor/ucpatent.php
UC Copyright Policy: http://otl.berkeley.edu/inventor/uccopyright.php
Consulting with Industry: http://ucop.edu/ott/consult.html
Refer also to the Conflict of Interest section in the Guide.