OER Grants: Intellectual Property Policy

Office of Extramural Research (OER) Web Site

Intellectual Property Policy

Division of Extramural Inventions & Technology Resources (DEITR)

Policy and Information

Protecting Taxpayers' Interests (07/2001) - NIH Response to the Congressional Committee Report Request for a Plan to Ensure Taxpayers' Interests are Protected.

Federal Register Notice - Sharing Biomedical Research Resources (12/23/1999) - (PDF) - Principles and Guidelines for Recipients of NIH Research Grants and Contracts on Obtaining and Disseminating Biomedical Research Resources: Final Notice.

Report on Sharing Research Tools (06/04/1998) - Report of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Working Group on Research Tools.

Federal Register Notice - Developing Sponsored Research Agreements (11/08/1994) - Developing Sponsored Research Agreements - Considerations for Recipients of NIH Research Grants and Contracts.

Overview of Selected NIH Sharing Policies and Related Guidance on NIH-Funded Research Resources

Invention Reporting

iEdison - Interagency Edison Invention and Patent Reporting System.

Edison Report-Lite (ERL) - Interagency Edison Report-Lite Interface for Agency Staff to View Reported Inventions.

Reporting Compliance Responsibilities - Chart detailing Extramural Invention Reporting Compliance Responsibilities.

Bayh-Dole Invention Utilization Reporting (01/23/2002) - Renewed Importance of Invention Utilization Reporting - Definition of Changed Reporting Requirements.

Notices

NIH Guide Notice - Invention Rights for Foreign Grantee/Contractors (NOT-OD-06-005) (10/13/2005) - Rights to Subject Inventions Made through Federal Funding to Foreign Entities.

NIH Guide Notice - VA Intellectual Property Reporting (04/23/2001) - Guidance on Intellectual Property Reporting for NIH Grantees that also Have Involvement with the Veteran's Administration.

NIH Guide Notice - Biological Materials Reporting (05/17/1996) - NIH Procedures for Handling Non-election of Title to Patentable Biological Materials.

NIH Guide Notice - 20/20 View of Invention Reporting (09/22/1995) - A 20/20 View of Invention Reporting to the National Institutes of Health.

Contacts

Please direct questions or comments relating to extramural intellectual property policy, the contents of this page or its sub-pages to:

J.P. Kim, J.D., M.B.A., M.Sc., M.A.L.S.
Director & Policy Officer
Email: jpkim@nih.gov

Mary Frances Deutsch, J.D.
Assistant Extramural Inventions Policy Officer
Email: deutschm@od.nih.gov

John Salzman
Assistant Extramural Inventions Policy Officer
Email: salzmanj@od.nih.gov

Main Telephone: (301) 435-1986
Fax: (301) 480-0272

NIH Division of Extramural Inventions & Technology Resources (DEITR)
OPERA/OER/OD/NIH/HHS
6705 Rockledge Drive
Rockledge I, Suite 310, MSC 7980
Bethesda, MD 20892-7980