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.
Listing an individual in the “Inventor” 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.
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Individual contributors certify that they are faculty, employees, staff, or students of Kent State University; that each made a material contribution to the invention; and that each agrees to assign all right, title, and interest to KSU pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 3345.14.
A separate assignment form will be provided to all KSU contributors prior to filing a patent application.
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Under federal law, the University is required to report inventions created under sponsored research funded by the U.S. Government. Non-government sponsors may also have intellectual property clauses and obligations associated with sponsored research agreements with which OTC must comply.
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:
Jessica Pinsky is an artist and educator from Akron, Ohio.
