General Guidelines

"An In-Depth Look at the NIH SBIR and STTR Programs" (7.4 MB PowerPoint file) - A presentation by Kathleen Shino, Acting NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator. April 12, 2005.
Yale University Standards of Business Conduct. By President Richard C. Levin. October 24, 2003. Yale Bulletin & Calendar. Volume 32, Number 8.
"Failure to Timely Report Inventions under a Government Contract Can Lead to Patent Forfeiture" (136K PDF file) April 2003 - By David W. Burgett, courtesy of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
September 1, 2001 Report of the Committee on Cooperative Research Regarding Intellectual Property Rights and Information Technology
Advice to Yale Faculty concerning External Consulting Activities
A Tutorial on Technology Transfer in U.S. Colleges & Universities - By the Council on Governmental Relations, with special thanks to the Technology Transfer & Research Ethics Committee and Karen Hersey.
Do's and Don'ts for Keeping Lab Notebooks - By J. Peter Fasse and Ingrid A. Beattie of Fish & Richardson.
Do's and Don'ts for e-Lab Notebooks - By Diane L. Gardner of Fish & Richardson.
Laboratory Record Keeping - By Todd E. Garabedian, courtesy of Wiggin & Dana. (Source: Nature Biotech. 1997 August; 15(8):799-800.)
Nontraditional Publications and Their Effect on Patentable Inventions (39K PDF file) - By Todd E. Garabedian, courtesy of Wiggin & Dana. (Source: Nature Biotech. 2002 April; 20(4):401-402.)
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