Notification of Revisions to Form 1460, Including Introduction of Patent
Assignment Agreement
We are pleased to announce that the Faculty Senate’s Special Committee on
Intellectual Property and Commercialization (SCIPC) and the President’s
Intellectual Property Management Committee (IPMAC) have recommended
improvements to the process of requesting and receiving prior approval for outside
work for compensation, and these recommendations have been implemented.
These recommendations have now been incorporated into the Form 1460 by the
Office of Research, which has the responsibility and authority for administering
the Outside Work process on behalf of the Provost.
The Committees also recommended a separate assignment of intellectual property,
limiting the scope of the present assignment. Only when the outside work is likely
to involve inventive participation will the faculty member complete the Patent
Assignment Agreement. This agreement balances the faculty member’s interests at
the UW with the interests of the company providing the outside work engagement,
and will be administered by CoMotion.
SCIPC and IPMAC are reviewing the current IP Policy to determine whether any
changes should be recommended to Executive Order 36. The revised Form 1460
and patent assignment process will be used until such recommendations are made
and accepted.
Over 1,200 Outside Work Forms are submitted by faculty, librarians, and other
academic personnel annually. The Office of Research processes these requests for
approval in less than two business days, on average.
More information on the Outside Work process is available on the Outside Work
web page. Questions and comments about the Outside Work Policy (Executive
Order 57) or the Form 1460 may be addressed to work1460@uw.edu. More
information on the Patent Assignment Agreement is available here. Questions and
comments about the Patent Assignment Agreement may be addressed to
uwassign@uw.edu.
Mary E Lidstrom
Vice Provost for Research
Vikram Jandhyala
Vice Provost for Innovation
“IPMAC has been pleased to work with SCIPC and other key stakeholders to
recommend the new Interim Outside Work Form to address concerns from the
community over the previous Form. We believe that the Interim Form is narrowly
drafted to address only those problems directly raised by the Supreme Court’s
decision in Stanford v. Roche. We look forward to continuing to work with SCIPC
and other stakeholders as we collectively engage in the IP Policy Review to
recommend the best policy for a 21st century research university.”
~ Sean M. O’Connor
Boeing International Professor
Assistant Dean for Law, Business & Technology Initiatives
Faculty Director, Cannabis Law & Policy Project
Chair, IP Management Advisory Committee
"The accomplishment of the new Interim Outside Work Form represents the
effective and successful collaboration of SCIPC, IPMAC and the greater UW
community. This is an exciting first step in our continuing joint effort to review
and improve the UW IP policy, incorporating the best interests of our faculty,
students as well as all key members of the UW community to best prepare us for
the future."
~ Tueng T. Shen, MD, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology, Bioengineering & Global Health
and
Kathleen O'Neill, Professor, School of Law