The SPRC tracks nearly everywhere the text of Bayh-Dole, as one would expect. However, it adds some additional requirements not in Bayh-Dole. The most important of these is SPRC (f)(2). Section (f) of the SPRC concerns “Contractor Action to Protect the Government’s Interest”. Under (f), a university is required to educate employees on timely reporting of inventions and to require written agreements of employees other than clerical and non-technical employees, to protect the government’s interests. These written agreements are required by the SPRC of the university. It is up to the university to obtain these written agreements from its employees, as a condition of the SPRC. |