Does the university own my research?

Colleges and universities own the ideas and technologies invented by the people who work for them, including professors and graduate students who are paid to do research. The question of whether the two students or R.P.I. owned their invention was a tricky one.

Can you patent your thesis?

Yes, Ph. D. students can usually patent their work — meaning that they can be one of the Inventors, or even the sole Inventor, on a patent application (if that’s appropriate, and the student is the only person with intellectual contribution).

Can a researcher get a patent in UK for the work they published in a research paper?

No, a UK patent only gives the owner rights within the UK. For protection overseas, you need to apply to patent offices in individual countries or through the international patent system, known as the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT).

Can I patent my research?

In India we can patent it in the time frame of 12 months. Yes, you can file a patent within 12 months of your published work but It is always better to file the Patent Application first before publishing your work in research journals/ scientific journals to protect the inventive step criteria in a patent.

Can you patent a research method?

Los Angeles – The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held in Classen Immunotherapies v. The Federal Circuit held that the immunization schedule research method contained patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

Do all masters degrees require a thesis?

Yes. Master’s programs focused more on application than research typically don’t require a thesis – although they may still give students the option. Examples of common non-thesis master’s programs include nursing, business, and education.

Who owns research results?

In federally sponsored research, the university owns the data but allows the principal investigator on the grant to be the steward of the data. … With industry-funded or privately funded research, data can belong to the sponsor, although the right to publish the data may or may not be extended to the investigator.