Basic information for Invention Disclosure:

  1. Title
  2. GT inventors non-GT inventors (if any). Inventors should include only those persons that are believed to have contributed to the concepts included in the invention. Please make your best eAort at this time to include all inventors (non-GT inventors should also be included).
  3. What is the contribution % of each GT inventors? - The “Contribution %” should reflect each inventor’s contribution to the concepts of the invention and be agreed upon by all inventors. If the inventors cannot agree to contribution percentages, GTRC will assume an equal distribution. Please enter inventor contribution percentages. The percent contribution should only be completed for the Georgia Tech Inventors and the sum of the percent contributions of all Georgia Tech inventors should equal 100%.

Invention Details and Sponsorship Questions

  1. What is the brief technical description of invention? Please include any supporting documentation.
  2. Is this invention related to an invention that was previously disclosed to GTRC?
  3. Did this invention result from sponsored research? If so, who is the sponsor and what is the
    contract/award number? Was this invention funded using internal funding from Georgia Tech? If so,
    what is the fund number? Was this project funded through a Center with industry membership? If so,
    which center?
  4. Is this project from an IRI? If so, which one?
  5. Did you use any material obtained from another party in developing this invention?
  6. Are there any other existing agreements that you think may be relevant to licensing and/or patenting
    this invention? If so, please provide copies.
  7. Did you use any 3rd party material in developing this invention?

Invention History Questions

  1. Timeline of invention: what is the date of conception of the invention, date of first written description,
    date of public disclosure, etc.
  2. Has this invention been publicly disclosed? If so, when was the first public disclosure and where is
    the publication available? (e.g., which website, journal, presentation, etc.)
  3. Did you develop a prototype or model? If so, on what date what the prototype or model created?
  4. Has there been any successful operational tests of the invention? If so, when did that test take place?
  5. Do you have any plans to publicly disclose your invention within the next 6 months? If so, what is the
    estimated or expected future publication date?

Commercialization questions

  1. What are the commercial applications for the invention?
  2. What are the advantages (if any) of the invention over present technologies?
  3. Do you plan to further develop this invention at Georgia Tech? If so, will that further development be
    supported by sponsored research? If so, who is the sponsor and what is the contract/award number?
  4. Do you know of any companies that may be interested in licensing this invention?