Have you invented something for which you wish to apply for a patent?

If you are employed by a research institution, you should report your invention to your local techtrans office.

The techtrans office has 2 months for deciding whether or not the institution desires to a patent application process, depending on the potential for commercialisation and for the financing of further research.

When the institution chooses to take over an invention and turn in a patent application, it does so because the institution finds that protection of the invention can be a help in transfering the technology to business and society.

Often considerable resources are to be invested in the development of the technology and the launching.

An investment that companies have difficulty, for competitive reasons, in justifying, if the technology has not been patented.

If a research institution has decided to file a patent application for an invention, the institution will, in the first instance, pay all expenses in connection with the patent application.

Should the patent at a later date yield a net profit, the profit is to be divided among the institution, the institute/ department, and the inventor.

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