Regents' Rules and Regulations, Series 90000 Historical Perspective: 1985 - present

Below is an outline of the historical changes to the Regents' Rules and Regulations, Series 90000 from 1985 to the present. You may click on the links below to download the amendments to the policy on a particular date. A complete historical perspective of the entire Regents' Rules and Regulations is available from the Board of Regents' website.

NO.	BOR MTG	SECTION AFFECTED/ NEW SECTION ADDED	SUMMARY OF REVISION
1	12/6/1985	Amendments to Patent Policy, Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4, New Policy Statements & Guidelines	The entire Intellectual Property (Patent) Policy was rewritten; Approval of three policies regarding license agreements, sponsored research agreements & marketing.
2	2/14/1986	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter V, Sections 2.442, 2.452 & 2.4521	All three subsections were amended to add "or" between each category for classifying discoveries by source of research support.
3	10/9/1987	Amendments to Numerous Subsections in Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4	Identifies intellectual property which will be owned by Board (Sections 2.452, 2.453); nonsubstantive editorial & clarifying revisions; clarifies Institutional Patent Committee's role & procedures for reviewing submissions; added new subsections regarding equity interests, business participation & reporting requirements; added new subsection regarding BOR approval of agreements having intellectual property on institutional docket.
4	12/3/1987	Changes to Policy Regarding License Agreement with Private Entities	Approval of Policy & Guidelines Relating to IP License Agreement with Private Entities.
5	10/13/1989	The Intellectual Property Patent Policy	Internal review requested by two Board of Regents to make IP policy less "restrictive" & "burdensome".
6	12/7/1989	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.49	Added new subdivision describing approval process for agreements that deviate from the Board's IP Policy.
7	6/11/1992	Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4 was deleted & renamed Part Two, Chapter XII	Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Part Two, Chapter XII. The policy was revised to clarify certain terms & conditions.
8	2/8/1996	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 9.3	Minor editorial revisions were made to certain subsections.
9	5/9/1996	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 2.3	Expands definition of faculty authored scholarly works & allows faculty member to retain IP rights for scholarly works which are related to faculty's professional field & which are not commissioned by University.
10	8/29/1996	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 9.1 & new Chapter XIII was added to Part Two	Amends approval process of legal documents relating to rights in IP; adds new Chapter XIII relating to the delegation of authority for contracts & grants for sponsored research.
11	2/12/1998	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XI, Section 1; Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Sections 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.8, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, & 9.3	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XI, Section 1, regarding delegation of authority to the chief administrative officer on behalf of BOR; Amended Chapter XII: to include students under IP Policy; to broaden application of scholarly works; when BOR will own IP; reporting requirements; approval process for legal documents related to IP. Added new section 2.8 regarding use of System facilities by inventor after invention is released to inventor.
12	2/12/1998	Adds new policy to Part Two, Chapter XII	Adoption of new Policy & Guidelines for Management & Marketing of Copyrighted Works.
13	11/12/1998	Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 7.1	Deletion of approval requirement "as an agenda item" for section relating to System employees & business participation.
14	5/13/1999	Amendments to the Policy & Guidelines Sections	Amendments to: Policy & Guidelines for Management & Marketing of IP; and Policy & Guidelines for Negotiation . . . & Approval of Sponsored Research Projects . . .
15	8/12/1999	Amendments to Part Two; Chapter XII, Sections 5.22 & 8.1	Amends & simplifies the approval of released inventions; amends reporting requirement to simplify & make consistent with current state law.
16	6/8/2002	Amendments to Part Two; Chapter XII	Changes were made to the entire Intellectual Property policy and the Regental Policies.
17	12/13/2002	Amendments to Part Two; Chapter XII
18	12/2/2004	Amendments to Part Two; Chapter XII, Section 4.22	Changes the notice requirement if the President elects not to exploit System's interest in IP; OGC and creator to be notified within 30 days and invention released.
19	3/10/2005	Amendments to Series 90101 to 90106
20	3/3/2007	Amendments to Series 90101 to 90106