Another is by a Record of Invention filed by the investigator or inventor within his or her own institution.
According to McGill's OTT administrator, approximately 72-75% of 'Reports of Invention' filed for the past three years are still active and being managed by OTT.
I've reviewed dozens of inventions, filed tens of patents, negotiated several licenses, and set up a company.
Within the past 5 years, the institute has gained many patents, with 15 patents for newly developed processes and inventions filed during the period covered by its 2000/2001 annual report.
But the decision to publicly disclose an invention before filing a patent application should not be taken lightly.
In the United States, an inventor has a one-year "grace period" from first publicizing an invention to filing for patent protection, after which it is too late.
Later that same year, I.B.M. filed an invention disclosure by one of its employees, Shimon Shmueli, who continues to claim that he invented the USB flash drive.
JTB and SM have filed an invention disclosure with Colorado State University covering the biomarkers described in this manuscript and Colorado State University is the employer of JTB and SM and will decide whether or not to file a patent on the biomarkers described.
For example, Hewlett-Packard pays a staff member a cash bonus just for filing an invention disclosure.
I am certain it would be possible to identify faculty that publicly disclosed potentially valuable assets without ever filing an invention disclosure, and I would suggest understanding those issues are 1) extremely important for improving commercialization at UK, and 2) more easily addressable at an institutional level than some other potential barriers.
His resume was very impressive; a stellar academic record, previous work experience, patent filed on an invention and on top of that, he was the captain of one of his high school's sports teams.
