Students involved in University supported research are required to sign a Patent Policy Agreement. The Student Payroll Office has implemented the following procedure in order to meet this requirement. Supervisors hiring new students (hourly, piecemeal, or monthly paid) into Job Code 55, 56 and 57 research positions must: (1) complete the Patent Mail Code field on the Student Employee Authorization (SEA), and (2) have the Patent Compliance Officer sign the SEA in the Authorized Signatures section. The Student Payroll Office will process only those SEA's with complete patent information. The Patent Policy Agreement should be maintained within the hiring department.

Patent Policy Agreements are required for students employed under the following mail code distributions:

CAS     College of Arts and Sciences
CCS     Center for Computational Science
ENG     College of Engineering
HPC     Health Policy Institute
MED     School of Medicine
MET     Metropolitan College
NMR    Neuromuscular Research Center
PRC      Photonics Research Center
PROV5 Undergraduate Research Opportunities
SAR      Sargent College of Allied Health               Professions
SDM     Goldman School of Dental Medicine
SPH      School of Public Health

UNI    University Professors

Click here for the Patent Policy Agreement for Charles River Campus (403.1) and the Medical School Campus (403.2). Please note that the Medical School Campus policy immediately follows the Charles River policy.
Click here to contact the Student Payroll Office with any questions.