What happens to intellectual property created by Virginia Tech under the collaborative research?
Virginia Tech has considerable latitude to establish good relationships with industry which benefit all parties. In most cases, issues of intellectual property arising from industry-supported research at universities focus around balancing the interest of the university, inventors, Commonwealth of Virginia and the sponsor. The extent to which state resources are used to support the research is an important consideration as is fulfilling the mission of sharing new discoveries widely. Each situation is evaluated on a case-by-case basis with the eventual goal of transferring technology to you in a timely and reasonable manner. • Go to top of page.
