Declaring an invention

All research personnel can submit an invention developed as a result of their research work. They then declare the invention in order to initiate a protection and development procedure. The information collected in this declaration is processed by one of our project managers, who carries out a patentability study and an analysis of the markets concerned.  He/she then presents the file to the members of the Patents and Software Committee.

Upon receipt of the file, Aquitaine Science Transfert will carry out an expertise with a view to discussing the following issues with the Intellectual Property (IP) committee:

• assessment of the patentability of your invention (novelty and inventiveness, any prior registrations, disclosure, laboratory notebook);
• assessment of its development potential (applications, market, potential players and partners);
• assessment of the science (team involvement, progress of your project).