How does Inventor Contribution work under PAF? Will it affect future licensing income attributable to me?
The applicant can choose to make a reimbursable “Inventor Contribution” (the Contribution) using funding from personal source to demonstrate the commitment to the patent application and subsequent IP commercialization. Such commitment, if so wished, had to be indicated in the Invention Disclosure Form at the beginning of the PAF application for the consideration of the PC. The Contribution will be reimbursed to the inventor when there is income generated from the invention and being sufficient for the reimbursement. Such Contribution will not affect the share of income attributable to Inventors as per University policy. Please refer to the PAF Funding Guidelines for further details.