Many years ago when I worked for the University of Utah doing research funded by NIH the policy was that the University owned the patent rights and could license it out. The inventor did receive a percentage of the license fee with the remaining money from the license going to the University. This resulted in two significant things: 1. Further research on the invention ultimately brought funding from commercial sources back to the University as they were the most knowledgeable on the invention. 2. The license fees provided seed money for further research and/or new research which could ultimately be licensed. While there I received $5000 from this license pool to investigate some technology that ultimately was a basis for additional patents, licensing and in fact created a significant company in Utah with many employees, all paying taxes. The main reason that the technology remained with the University was they had a vested interest in pursuing licensing while the federal government could not support license inquiries or technology inquiries. The one exception to this approach that I am aware of is the NASA Technology Transfer Office which licenses technology developed by the NASA research labs. Jerry Foote ScopeCraft, Inc. 4175 E. Red Cliffs Dr. Kanab, UT 84741 435-899-1255 jfoote@scopecraft.com