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.

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What primary area of agtech does the proposed invention apply to?*
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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.

Have you published a description of the invention?*
Are you planning to publish a description of the invention?*
Have you disclosed the invention to a third party?*
Are you planning to disclose the invention to a third party?*

Background

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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).

Has a literature review and/or patent search been performed?

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).

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