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It affects university research funding and private company investment. It shapes the balance between public and private ownership of scientific discoveries."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 49-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 49-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 27, lines 11-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 27, lines 11-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 55, lines 25-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 55, lines 25-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 56, lines 41-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 56, lines 41-19"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 13-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 13-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 37-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 37-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 25-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 25-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 45-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 45-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 13, lines 11-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 13, lines 11-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 37-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 37-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 5-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 5-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 41-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 41-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 21-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 21-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 43-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 43-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 33-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 33-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 15-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 15-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 5-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 5-23"}]}],"slug":"2010-09-1159-board-of-trustees-of-leland-stanford-junior-univ-v-roche-molecular-systems-inc","term":"2010","title":"Does a university own inventions made by its researchers?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 49-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 49-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 27, lines 11-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 27, lines 11-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 55, lines 25-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 55, lines 25-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 56, lines 41-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2010/09-1159.pdf","page_label":"file page 56, lines 41-19"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}