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Intellectual Property Review Form
Background information on IP Management and Commercialisation may be found
on the IP Commmercialisation area of the BEIS website.
If you believe commercially valuable intellectual property (IP) has arisen from
your research or wish to secure an IP position before approaching an industrial
sponsor, please contact the University’s IP Management and Commercialisation
team or the Licensing Executive responsible for your Faculty if in the UK.
It may be useful to fill out the following IP Disclosure form as far as you are able
to allow the IP team to evaluate the IP.
Inteum No:
To be completed by IP team
Title of Disclosure:
Choose a title that you feel is appropriate
Date of Disclosure to IP team:
This is the date you will submit the form to us
IP Project Manager:
To be completed by IP team
Inventor(s) & School/Division:
Please provide details of all University staff who have assisted in the
development of the technology
Other Inventor(s):
Please provide details of anybody not employed by the University who
has assisted in the development of the technology
University/Sponsor/Jointly Owned:
Who has rights to the IP
Details of Project Sponsor or current
Funding (including European
funding):
Who provided the funding for the research
Nature of IP/Patent/Know-How:
Please identify the nature of the IP
Has the Invention already been
disclosed outside the University?:
This would include scientific publications, presentations or information
provided on the internet
Date of Intended
Disclosure/Publication, if any:
Please provided details of the nature and scope of the proposed
external disclosure
Agreements in Place:
Please provide details of any existing legal agreements which may
have an impact on the ownership and exploitation of the IP
Please provide a paragraph highlighting the key details and
advantages of your technology
Summary of Technology:
Please forward completed forms to:
The IP Commercialisation Office, The Sir Colin Campbell Building, University of Nottingham Innovation Park,
Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU or via e-mail: tto@nottingham.ac.uk
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Disclosure Details:
Please provide a detailed description of your technology
Please provide responses to the questions below:
How did the invention arise?
What is the problem it solves or the need it addresses?
What are the key features and the main advantages over existing technologies?
What is the current stage of development of the technology?
Please forward completed forms to:
The IP Commercialisation Office, The Sir Colin Campbell Building, University of Nottingham Innovation Park,
Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU or via e-mail: tto@nottingham.ac.uk
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What potential sources of funding are you aware of to take the technology to the
next stage?
Do you know of any companies which might be interested in the technology?
Prior Art
Please provide a summary of any prior art documents (patents, publications etc.) you have identified and indicate
how relevant they are.
Please request assistance from the IP team if you require any help in performing a prior art search.
Please forward completed forms to:
The IP Commercialisation Office, The Sir Colin Campbell Building, University of Nottingham Innovation Park,
Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU or via e-mail: tto@nottingham.ac.uk