Office of Licensing & Ventures

Inventors

Policies and Procedures

For details about policies and procedures at Duke, follow the links below.

Duke University Patent Policy

Information regarding intellectual property, including employee responsibilities to report inventions, invention ownership determinations, division of licensing income and the patent agreement.

        Patent Policy Link 

Conflict of Interest Policies

Additional information regarding faculty conflict of interest issues and links to conflict of interest disclosure forms.

        University Link

        School of Medicine Link

             

Data Retention and Access Policies

Details about responsibility to assure that research is appropriately recorded, archived for a reasonable length of time, and available for review under appropriate circumstances.

        Data Retention and Access Policy Link