Different take: Where'd the $$ come from?
Good idea that it is, who supplied the bux to develop this system? Likely a goobermint grant (aka taxpayer dollars). But who will reap the profits if it sees production? If monies were obtained through a private grant to the school, then the grantor might profit. Taxpayers never see their "investment" returned to them. The school posssibly owns a part, or all of the idea and might see a return, but the taxpayer never does.