1.   Amgen licensed the patents from Rockefeller University in New York, where the initial discovery was made.

2.   As part of the agreement, Boeing also said it would license some patents on commercial aircraft to rivals.

3.   Both companies have significant patents on compact disk technology and are jointly licensing their patents to other manufacturers.

4.   But many of these institutions license their patents to companies that commercialize the technology.

5.   But the City of Hope contended, and the jury agreed, that Genentech should have also paid royalties when it licensed the patents to other companies.

6.   Compaq Computer, seeking to protect its technology, is aggressively negotiating with rivals to allow them to license its patents.

7.   Commercial sponsors have a two-year exclusive right to license the patents.

8.   Curis Inc. of Cambridge has licensed patents involving two types of tissue engineering techniques from UMass.

9.   Cyrano has licensed a patent awarded to two researchers at the California Institute of Technology, Nathan Lewis and Michael Freund.

10.   For instance, Genentech licensed the patents to Schering-Plough for alpha interferon, a drug for hepatitis and cancer.