GUIDE FOR PREPARATION OF INVENTION DISCLOSURE
(See GACULTY and STAFF MANUALS for detailed
Patent Policy and routing procedures.)
(1) DISCLOSE ONLY ONE INVENTION PER FORM.
(2) PREPARE COMPLETE DISCLOSURE.
The disclosure of invention is adequate for patent purposes ONLY if it enables a person skilled in the art to understand the invention.
(3) CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING IN PREPARING A COMPLETE DISCLOSURE:
(a) All essential elements of the invention, their relationship to one another, and their mode of operation.
(b) Equivalents that can be substituted for any elements.
(c) List of features believed to be new.
(d) Advantages this invention has over the prior art.
(e) Whether the invention has been built and/or tested.
(4) PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL METERIAL.
Drawings and descriptive material should be provided as needed to clarify the disclosure. Each page of this material must be signed and dated by each inventor and properly witnessed, A copy of any current and/or planed publication relating to the invention should be included.
(5) INDICATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGDE AND INFORMATION.
Pertinent publications, patents or previous devices, and related research or engineering activities should be included.
(6) HAVE DISCLOSURE WITNESSED.
Persons other than coin vectors should serve as witnesses and should sign each sheet of the disclosure only after reading and understanding the disclosure.
(7) FOR WARD ORIGINAL PLUS ONE COPY (two copies if supported by grant/contract) TO VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH VIA DEPARTMENT HEAD AND DEAN.