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Should visiting scientists or collaborators at other institutions be listed as inventors?

All non-KSU individuals who may have contributed to the ideas leading to a discovery should be identified as inventors with 0% KSU Contribution in the KSU Contributors section of the IDF.

The University reserves the right to separately reach agreement concerning revenue sharing with any non-KSU contributor determined to have an ownership interest.

Who is an inventor?

Listing an individual in the 鈥淚nventor鈥 section of an Invention Disclosure Form (IDF) does not guarantee that the individual will ultimately be named as an inventor on a patent application filed with the USPTO. Inventorship is a legal determination governed by U.S. patent law and is made in consultation with patent counsel during the prosecution process. Under U.S. patent law, an inventor is someone who contributed to the conception of at least one claimed element of the invention.

What is the information in the IDF used for? Does the submission of an invention disclosure lead to a patent application?

The Invention Disclosure Form is an internal KSU form used to provide a written record of your intellectual property. The information described herein enables OTC to establish a record of the date of conception of the invention for legal purposes.

The information will be used to:

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