Agtech IP Portal: Invention Disclosure

The Agtech Portal will help identify and advance Intellectual Property (IP) developed at the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) and through the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) program at the University of Saskatchewan (USask). Complete and submit your Invention Disclosure to receive guided recommendations on the next stage of development for your IP to help you advance it successfully. We want to capture all potential IP created including: - Patents - Copyright - Trademark - Know-how - Prototypes - Trade Secrets When in doubt, fill it out.
 

 

Getting Started

 
The person completing this form. The "Reporting Lead" will be the primary contact for the Agtech Hub during initial evaluation of the invention.
 
Please enter your USask or GIFS email address.
 
 
(Check all that apply)
 
 
 

 

Invention Details

Provide a short concise description (Up to 150 words per section).
 
What need does your proposed invention meet (e.g., market, customer, etc.)?
 
 
What approach does your proposed invention take to meeting the need?
 
 
What benefits/features/advantages does your invention have to addressing the need?
 
 
What competition for or alternatives to your proposed invention are you aware of? (e.g., what are growers or processors currently using to meet the need)
 
 

 

Publication | Disclosure

Publication means making available to the public (e.g., printed article, public display of a poster or verbal presentation, manuscripts, presentations, proceedings, any public disclosure). Disclosure in this context means non-public distribution/disclosure to a person or group other than the public at large.
 
 
 
 
 

 

Background

 
(Check all that apply)
 
If any of these funding sources have restrictions on use of intellectual property, provide details below. Attach copy of contracts, sponsorship, grants (File Upload section).
 
 
If "Yes", please attach any relevant information below (File Upload section)
 

 

File Upload

 
Please attach any additional supporting documentation you have identified above (e.g. planned publication, awards/contracts, lit review/patent search results).
Drop your files here