Research

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 the Chief  Research Officer (OCRO), 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 OCRO iLearn Community here (log in required)

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