The Invention Disclosure (ID)

The Invention Disclosure is a single form provided by your KTO to start the process of valorising
the results of your research.

In the first instance, you will provide a brief description of your invention here: this is the
Announcement of Invention.

After this, together with your KTO, you will give precise details of this invention, the need it meets,
the potential market it covers, a patentability analysis, etc. This is referred to as an Invention
Disclosure.

So this is a tool for communication and the structured exchange of information with your KTO. It is
also an essential working document of your KTO that will make it possible to determine the most
appropriate means of disseminating and valorising your research results.

The purpose of the ID is to gather as much useful information as possible to start a process for the
management and, if need be, protection of your invention/innovation and to facilitate the follow-up
of the maturing process* .

>> It is a working tool and a means of joint communication.
>> It facilitates the exchanges and understanding of the results to be valorised.
>> It enables an informed choice regarding the valorisation approaches to be preferred.
>> It makes it possible:

• to keep a record of the contributions made by the researchers involved in the development of the results to be valorised;
• to determine who owns the rights to your invention/innovation.

* In the interests of simplicity, the term ’invention’ will imply more broadly any technical or social innovation

Information about the invention:

>> Type of invention (compound, molecule, product, service, social innovation, etc.);
>> A summary of the invention (problem, description, target group, innovative character, etc.);
>> Disclosures made or planned (important when you are considering filing a patent application);
>> Information of use for a bibliographical search (key words, scientific publications, patents in the field, etc.);
>> The agreements reached concerning intellectual property (collaboration agreements, sponsorship agreements, MTAs);
>> The level of development of the invention (Technology Readiness Level, TRL);
>> The resources necessary for the invention to mature and for its future developments;

>> The scientific fields concerned;
>> …

Administrative information such as:

>> The contact details of the researchers who worked on the development of the results to be valorised;
>> The inventive contribution of each one to the invention;
>> The project funding sources.