UC System-Wide Policy: Under the UC Patent Policy (effective 1997, with updates), UCLA retains ownership of inventions and licenses them out. "Net royalties" (gross income minus patent costs, third-party payments, and taxes) are distributed as follows:Recipient
Percentage of Net Royalties
Purpose Inventors 35%
Personal share (split among co-inventors if applicable)
Inventor's Campus (Research Share) 15%
Funds research at UCLA. General Pool (UC System). 50%
Covers program costs (35% to UC general fund; remainder to Chancellor's discretion for research/education)
UCLA's effective share of net royalties is thus ~65% (15% research + 50% of the general pool, adjusted for system-wide allocation). This applies to all inventions, including drugs,