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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Unviersity of Puerto Rico does count with an Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer Office. </span></span>The Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office (IPTTO) of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, ascribed to the College of Engineering, facilitates the development, protection and commercialization of intellectual property such as research and inventions of the faculty, students and personnel of the UPRM. The University of Puerto Rico receives the gross income that is generated from the patents and its respective commercialization through the Vice President’s Office, which has overall responsibility for interpreting the IP Policy, and resolving questions and disputes concerning it.<div>Under UPR’s policy (Cert. 132, 2002-03) the University owns IP that is generated through research conducted with the use of its facilities and resources. This University-wide policy applies to all investigators who use UPR facilities or resources or who participate in university research and develop intellectual property. This includes all full- and part-time faculty and staff; students who participate in research and us UPR facilities; research fellows; and visitors to UPR’s faculties and schools from other universities or collaborators from industry.</div>All royalties and most fees resulting from the IP are shared between UPR and the individuals involved in its discovery. Ownership of the intellectual property is divided in the following manner: 33 1/3% of the IP is owned by the inventor(s), 56 2/3% of the IP is owned by the inventor’s UPR unit(s), 10% of the IP is owned by the UPR special fund and any remaining amount will be used to support additional research and academic programs. <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Additionally, the office staff in Mayaguez is very much in tune with the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem and are avid supporters and champions within the E-Ship Network. The University also counts with a Center for Patents & Trademarks.</span></span>