Hybrid Coating Technologies Inc (fka HCTI)

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All patents and inventions are to be reported. No specific numbers are listed on the pages available to the public it would seem.

Inventions and Patents

These type of things are typically handled by a single office that has no expertise in a specific field, but instead services all departments of the university. That seems to be the case at EMU as well.

Tech Transfer Office


I don't know what EMU's specific policy is, but from my own experience, I have seen universities that offer from 5-60% of ownership to the primary investigator in a lab for inventions and patents. This percentage is typically divided by the PI how he or she sees fit to the people involved in the project. If there is federal money involved, it suddenly becomes much more complicated. I can tell you that every lab I've ever been in or know someone in, has at least one federal grant. If that money was used to buy solvent, or a starting material, the silica for purification, or even if a student who is funded by fellowship spends time working on a project, then it is supposed to be disclosed.

The partnership brings more great minds to the table, but it isn't necessarily the greatest thing. HCTI would be better served by partnering or outsourcing to a private lab where the politics of academia aren't a concern.