Government Grants and Patent Rights: SBIR, STTR, and Your IP

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In this month's episode, we’re talking about the use of government grants and the strings that can come attached to your IP! We’re exploring the various types of small business research grants, how the Bayh-Dole Act regulates inventions generated under government grants, licensing and ownership implications for your patent when using federal dollars, and the sticky webs that you may find yourself in if you are not carefully tracking IP and adhering to the numerous provisions and timelines.
Dr. Ashley Sloat, President and Director of Patent Strategy here at Aurora, leads the discussion along with our all-star patent panel, exploring:
⦿ How the Bye-Dole Act of 1980 regulates inventions under government grants
⦿ As a small business, what types of grants are available to you and whether or not they can cover IP-related costs
⦿ The rights of the federal government to your Invention when you use grant money
⦿ Implications for using subcontractors to perform the work under the grant
⦿ And of course, some of the biggest gotcha’s and practical tips for avoiding them
Ashley is also joined today by our always exceptional group of IP experts including:
⦿ Kristen Hansen, Patent Strategy Specialist at Aurora
⦿ Dr. David Jackrel, President of Jackrel Consulting
⦿ Ty Davis, Patent Strategy Associate at Aurora
** Mossoff Minute **
This month's Mossoff Minute, featuring Professor Adam Mossoff, looks at the introduction of a very important piece of patent reform legislation called the PREVAIL Act.
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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Mossoff Minute: PREVAIL Act (00:02:57)

3. Patent Primer (00:13:24)

4. Enablement vs. Reduction to Practice (00:13:37)

5. Predictable vs. Unpredictable Art (00:15:12)

6. March-in Rights (00:16:05)

7. Discussion Panel (00:16:55)

8. Bayh-Dole Act (00:17:29)

9. Subject Invention (00:19:11)

10. Conception (00:20:20)

11. First Actual Reduction to Practice (00:21:25)

12. Case law: In re Eddie L. King (00:23:14)

13. Case law: Ideal Innovations, Inc. v. United States, CFC 2021 (00:25:53)

14. Full Enablement vs. First Actual Reduction to Practice (00:28:58)

15. Constructive vs. Actual Reduction to Practice (00:34:40)

16. Bayh-Dole Provisions (00:39:48)

17. Subject Invention Reporting Timeline (00:41:42)

18. Bayh-Dole March-in Rights (00:45:07)

19. Types of Grants (00:51:10)

20. STTR (00:52:25)

21. SBIR (00:52:48)

22. Using grants to cover IP costs (00:53:41)

23. SBIR/STTR Inventions vs. Data (00:55:16)

24. Tips for Government Grant Recipients (00:57:42)

25. Government Grant Gotchyas (00:58:54)

26. Outro (01:03:02)