Invention Disclosure
A key step in the process of securing your intellectual property is invention disclosure, where you'll inform us of your new IP and we work with you to determine commercial potential and protect ownership rights.
The Process
- Faculty or staff makes disclosure of the Intellectual Property (IP), using the Disclosure Form, to our office
- Office reviews the disclosure
- Office schedules an inventor disclosure meeting with the faculty and all leading student contributors
- Office completes commercialization evaluation report
- Office and faculty present to Intellectual Property Advisory Council
- Intellectual Property Advisory Council advises office
- Office decides to proceed
- Office begins process to protect ownership rights. This includes: file patent applications, file trademark applications, register copyrights, and execute option or license agreements
- Faculty will cooperate with university efforts and receive a share of income from commercial development
