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faramarz on Dec 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing ...

I would like to know if Siemens has any stake on the "outputs" of such competitions. Do they effectively own the patent, if there is one? Please don't tell me she had to sign a waiver.

polyfractal on Dec 8, 2011 [–]

I'm unsure about the Siemens competition, but its definitely a "no" for the ISEF. I imagine Siemens is the same.

Besides, this work was done at a university, so they would own the IP before anyone else.

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