IP and Commercialization

AUS is proud to support and encourage the licensing, commercialization and marketing of inventions stemming from its faculty, staff or students. 

The Invention/Patent Disclosure Form is mandatory for submission to the Office of Research Services (ORS) when: 

• any employee/visiting faculty/adjunct faculty of AUS intends to file a patent for a product invented during his/her employment at AUS 
• any employee/visiting faculty/adjunct faculty of AUS invents a product during his/her employment at AUS 
• any ex-employee of AUS who invented the product during his/her employment at AUS
• any employee or ex-employee of AUS who filed a patent or obtained copyright during his/her employment at AUS
• any non-employee who made the invention or filed a patent based on his/her full or part-time research conducted at AUS

This form can be found on the ORS iLearn Community here (log in required)

For any questions, please call Kathleen Furr (ext. 4471).