Office of Technology Commercialization

First Steps for Inventors

Section: For Inventors

If you believe that you have an invention, it is critical that you disclose the invention to the Office immediately. In some cases, an inventor can lose the right to a patent by failing to take the necessary measures to prevent the invention from entering into the public domain. Therefore, before you present your data at a meeting, submit a manuscript, or address a seminar or symposium, fill out an invention disclosure form, obtain the appropriate signatures, and return it to the Office.

Click here to download an Invention Disclosure form.

Georgetown University acquires ownership in all inventions resulting from research performed at Georgetown. If Georgetown chooses not to pursue patent protection of the invention, it is returned to the Inventor. If the Inventor elects to take ownership of the invention, the Inventor is responsible for all the costs and obligations for patenting and commercialization.

Georgetown University now requires that a formal agreement assigning the rights to these technologies be executed.  Please click here to download a Technology Assignment form, and return a signed copy of it to our office in Harris Building, Suite 1500, 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW.

The Office manages intellectual property according to the Georgetown University Intellectual Property Policy (revised May 4, 2006).

Click here to link to the Georgetown University Intellectual Property Section of the Faculty Handbook (revised May 4, 2006).