Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs
ADMN 422
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
P 479-575-2151
F 479-575-7076
Patent & Copyright Committee
Appointed by the Chancellor
The Patent & Copyright Committee is responsible for reviewing invention disclosures submitted to the university for patenting consideration; evaluating inventions for patentability, as well as scientific merit and practical application; appointing ad hoc technical subcommittees to assist the committee in evaluating inventions; seeking university approval of outside technical assistance in evaluating inventions; determining patent or related property rights or equities held by the university in an invention; providing scientific and technical assistance to approved patent management organizations to achieve the realization of full benefits of university inventions that have commercial potential; seeking initial resolution of campus disputes relating to rights in inventions; and reviewing works of authorship (including computer software) submitted for copyright consideration. Disclosures for patentable or copyrightable material emanating from the Fayetteville campus and the Division of Agriculture shall be administratively controlled by this committee.
The committee shall meet no less than quarterly.
Membership consists of no fewer than eight faculty members, four of whom are appointed from the Division of Agriculture by the vice president for agriculture; and, ex officio, non-voting, the director of Research Support and Sponsored Programs, the president of the University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, and the Vice Chancellor for Economic Development.
A chairperson shall be elected from the committee membership.
Wayne Kuenzel Chair |
Division of Agriculture | 2026 |
Trent Roberts | Division of Agriculture | 2023 |
Jennifer Acuff | Division of Agriculture | 2026 |
John Rupe | Division of Agriculture | 2025 |
Raj Rao | Faculty | 2026 |
Ines Pinto | Faculty | 2024 |
Shannon Servoss | Faculty | 2026 |
Wes Stites | Faculty | 2026 |
Jake Grandy | Faculty | 2025 |
Jean Francois-Meullenet | Assoc Vice Pres -Exper Station** | |
David Edward Snow | President University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation** |
|
John English | Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation** | |
David Edward Snow (Interim) | Vice Chancellor for Economic Development** |
*=ex officio
**=ex officio non-voting
Updated
10/29/2021
07/15/2020
06/18/2020
09/24/2019