NovaUCD

The Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre

An Lárionad Nuála agus Aistrithe Teicneolaíochta

Invention Disclosure Form

An Invention Disclosure Form (IDF) should be completed if you have evidence of a discovery that potentially may have a commercial application(s) either through licensing or through the creation of a start-up company.

An invention should be disclosed to NovaUCD before it has been published or presented in public. Disclosure can destroy the novelty and the inventive step of the invention thus greatly reducing or prohibiting the ability to protect the invention by patent in most countries. A notable exception is the United States , where patent rights may be obtained until the first anniversary of the date of the first publication/disclosure describing the invention.

Instructions on how to complete an invention disclosure form as well as a blank form can be accessed below.

Invention Disclosure Form (IDF) Instructions (187 kbs)

Invention Disclosure Form (226 kbs)