The inventors receive remuneration amounting to 30 percent of the (gross) revenue generated from commercial exploitation (Section 42 of the German Employee Inventions Act).
The total inventor remuneration is split between several inventors according to their proportional contribution to the invention.
After the inventor remuneration has been paid out, the university first uses the remaining funds to refinance external costs, especially patent registration costs and costs associated with the maintenance and commercial exploitation of patents (e.g., external agencies).
The remaining revenue is split between the central university administration of Freie Universität Berlin and the inventor’s working group (50:50 share).
