1) Which team are you competing with in 2014?
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2) Do you have any experience of intellectual property Issues prior to your involvement in iGEM?

? No		? Yes 

If yes, please give details:

?	I considered patenting/wanted to patent my idea, but didn’t. 	
?	I patented my idea.
?	I used material patented by other people and/or wanted to ensure the material I used hadn’t been patented. 
?	Other (Please State):
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3) Has your team considered applying for IP rights to your current project?

? Application made ? Did not consider	? Considered but decided against	
       	
If you have not filed an application, what is the reason(s) for this?

?	Time/effort involved in patent application.
?	Expense involved in a patent application.
?	Lack of information/understanding of the patent system.
?	Moral/ethical reasons.
?	Other (Please State):
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4) Do you believe your project has the potential to be profitable commercially/may attract investment?

?	No	?	Yes	?	Possibly		?	Unsure	

5) Which option do you believe would be allow your project to be developed to bring the maximum benefit to society?

?	Investment by a commercial company	
?	Investment from the public sector (government)
?	Donation to the public domain (for example through the BioBrick agreement)
?	Realistically, it is unlikely that an iGEM project could actually benefit society
      If you can, please give reason(s) for your choice: 
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6) How would you describe your understanding of the intellectual property issues relevant to synthetic biology?

?	Thorough	
?	Adequate
?	Vague	
?	Non-existent	
?	Disinterested

7) Do you believe legislators have sufficient understanding of synthetic biology to satisfactorily balance the tensions involved?

? Yes		? Sometimes		? Possibly	? No		? Unsure

8) Which of the following do you believe ought to be patentable?

Please select as many options as apply: 
?	Genes	
?	Synthetic molecules
?	Genetically Modified Organisms
?	Techniques	
?	Applications for coding sequences	
?	Computer algorithms/code
?	Other (Please Suggest):
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9) Which of the following do you believe ought to be a priority for policy makers?

Please number the below priorities from 1 (high priority) to 5 (low priority): 
?	Ensuring inventors/creators are able to reap the rewards of their ideas	
?	Ensuring new ideas and projects are able to secure funding/investment
?	Ensuring information is open and accessible to all	
?	Maximising profit	
?	Ensuring ideas are fully developed to realise their full potential benefit to society






Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions!