Research activities often lead to听discoveries
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An invention is any useful听process,
machine, composition of matter, or any
new or useful improvement of the same.听

File a Disclosure Form, immediately,听if you believe听
your听invention has听the potential to be patent protected.听听

IMPORTANT: 听It is critical to avoid public
disclosure听of your听innovation before filing
a patent application.

Present your invention to the
Intellectual听Property Committee.
During this听presentation you will pitch
your听idea/invention to the committee,
attempting听to convince them why
TU should pursue听patent protection.听

Step 4
Protection

Step 5
Marketing

Step 6
Selecting a Partner/Business Start-up

The patent attorney听team will file your听
disclosure听with the
听听 听
Inventors work directly听with TU's听outside
patent attorneys.

Your contacts may be very helpful as we contact听
potential听licensees during the marketing process.听
Non-disclosure agreements听are signed to interest
company to review more detailed and unpublished听
data and information and to potentially
visit your lab.

Select a company that shows interest in
the invention.听
If a new听 business start-up
has been chosen as a commercialization path,
OTT will assist in planning, creating and听
funding the start-up.听

A License agreement is a contract between TU
and a third parry in which TU's rights to a technology
are licensed (without relinquishing owernship)
for financial and other听consideration. Licensing is
a team approach听involving听
both OTT and the inventor(s).听

The licensee contnues the advancement of the
technology, and makes other buisness investments
to develop the product or service.听

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