Getting Started
Discovery/Invention
Disclosure
Evaluation
Decisions
Not Proceeding
The invention or discovery lacks sufficient commercial potential for USU to pursue.
Further Development
While it shows promise, the invention or discovery is not ready for commercialization or patenting. The inventor continues to work with Technology Transfer Services.
Proceeding
If the decision is to proceed, the Office of General Counsel pursues intellectual property protection and/or Technology Transfer Services pursues commercialization.
Commercialization
Collaboration
Financing
Commercialization
Technology Transfer Services works to license the technology to an existing entity or commercialize it within USU, an incubator space like Innovation Campus, or a spin-out company.
Intellectual property can be patented and/or commercialized. In time, commercialization can lead to revenue generation and distribution.