US_ Commerce Department Threatens to Take Ownership of Harvard Patents

THE EPOCH TIMES 

Commerce Department Threatens to Take Ownership of Harvard Patents 

The university holds more than 5,800 patents and has over 900 active technology licenses with various industry partners.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on July 4, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times 

Naveen Athrappully 
8/9/2025|Updated: 8/9/2025 


The federal government is looking into Harvard University’s patent rights, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in an Aug. 8 letter to Harvard President Alan Garber. 

The Department of Commerce is initiating a “march-in” process under the Bayh-Dole Act, a federal patent policy allowing recipients of federal funds to retain patent rights over their inventions made with federal funding. 

The Act’s “march-in” rights, however, give the federal government the authority to grant licenses of such patents to third parties under certain conditions where federally funded inventions are not being adequately developed or utilized for the public good. 

In the letter, Lutnick said that Harvard has “failed to live up to its obligations to the American taxpayer and is in breach of the statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements tied to Harvard’s federally funded research programs and intellectual property arising therefrom, including patents.” 

As a result, the Department of Commerce is initiating a comprehensive review of the institution’s non-compliance, and will initiate the Bayh-Dole Act “march-in” process through which Harvard’s federally-funded patents could be taken over by the government.

Lutnick said that the federal government intends to license Harvard’s patents to third parties. 

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