Invention Disclosure Form

Invention Disclosure Form

The purpose of this form is to collect information to evaluate patentability of a given concept.

For the purposes of this disclosure form, what is your name, or your business name?*

Please provide the full legal names and home addresses of each inventor. Also be sure to include the employer (legal entity) of each inventor.*

List the employer (legal entity) of each inventor

Are you currently affiliated with a university as a researcher, fellow, or grad student? If so, list any affiliated institution(s).

What email address should we use to contact you?*

Do you have a website or another web portal you would like to share with us?

What is the Descriptive Title of the Invention?*

Your invention's title may change over time (e.g. to match the patent claims), but how would you currently name your invention?

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:*

In the next three questions, describe the invention in clear and succinct language. Write one to three paragraphs per section.

What is the field to which the invention is related?

e.g. Identify a device, a method, a science or a combination of these fields. Device examples: mobile communication devices, lighting systems, energy storage devices, refrigeration systems, vehicles, power networks, computer or communication network devices, medical devices, sensors, electro optical, electromechanical, electrochemical systems, data processing systems, wearable devices, weapons, or the like. Method examples, methods for controlling/operating, for making, heating, cooling, filtering, selecting, sensing, communicating, transceiving, processing, or the like. Science examples, material science, medical science, life science, chemistry, biology, marine science or the like.

What problem is solved by the invention?*

e.g. There is a constant demand to increase battery capacity in mobile devices, however there are constraints. The mobile device has a desired weight of 7 ounces so the battery weight is limited to about 3 ounces. The battery has a desired charge to discharge capacity for 3.5 hours of constant high resolution data streaming such as for watching a movie or sporting event. While making the battery bigger provides increased charge capacity, the weight exceeds the battery weight limit. Our invention provides a two part solution. 1) We learned that cooling the battery by just one degree C while in use extends its discharge capacity 0.5 hours. 2) We also learned that by processing the high resolution data stream to reduce the number of pixels in uniform color regions of the image, we can reduce the data processing power consumption by up to 4%.

What is the principle of working, operation, or construction of the invention?*

e.g. The battery is cooled by making the mobile device and the battery more reflective to incoming thermal energy and by providing thermal pathways between the battery surfaces and outside surfaces of the mobile device. The second problem is solved by pre-processing the incoming data stream remotely to reduce the number of pixels in uniform color regions. This is done by a remote server that is designed to selectively remove pixels by averaging color values. The selective reduction is done in real time and has little impact on the quality of the streamed image. The two charges when used together increase charge to discharge capacity by 8 to 14%.

DRAWINGS OF THE INVENTION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Show the invention in a block diagram, detailed drawings, or both. Label each figure and each element in the figure with a text name or an item number, and coordinate the text names and/or item numbers with the above listed text description of the invention.

A hand sketch or simple block diagram without shading is preferred, however any rendering or photograph that communicates the inventive concept is acceptable. (CAD drawings are also acceptable, though not necessary at this stage.)

In addition, please upload any supporting documentation for your invention that may help us protect it

Drag and drop files here or

If you have a list of functional product specifications or a pitch deck, please continue

CONCEPTION OF THE INVENTION: Answer the following questions, but only if you know the answers. PLEASE DO NOT GUESS.

Please provide the approximate conception date, and the country in which it was first conceived.

Do any of the inventors work outside the US? If so, who and in what country?

Was the invention developed using US government funding? If "yes", we will need to know the agency name and contract or grant number at some point.

Has the invention been built, tested, or modeled? If so, provide details and dates including any data that was collected, e.g. to test the performance of the invention.

Disclosure Information

In this section you'll be telling us about where, when, and to whom you may have disclosed information about your invention, without the protection of an NDA. In each subsection, list relevant event or publication names, company names, meeting or event locations, attendees, responsible managers, project schedules, meeting minutes, marketing plans, etc. Please also provide the dates of these disclosures.

Past Public Disclosure:

Has the invention been publicly disclosed? Tell us about any trade shows, customer demos, journal publications, oral presentations, web publications, pitch decks, white papers, and/or dissertations, and their affiliated date(s).

Supplier/Partner/Customer Disclosure

Have you had discussions with suppliers, partners, or customers; performed non-public demonstrations; or beta testing?

Now In Use

Are there any products/projects in which the invention is currently being used in commerce, and if so, since what date? e.g. Are you making money from the invention, and since when?

If you haven't yet publicly disclosed your invention, when would you like to publicly disclose it?

This might be due to an upcoming trade show, publication, fundraising round, product "launch," or any other precipitating/public event by which you must have your IP protected.

Do you have any questions, or do you have any additional information you'd like to tell us?

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