81. Inventions And Innovation: Welcome To The Pre-Application Self-Assessment Tool The U.S. Department of Energy s (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Inventions and innovation (I I) funds projects that http://www1.eere.energy.gov/inventions/financial_propqa.html

Search Help More Search Options Search Site Map EERE Information Center Printable Version Welcome to the Pre-Application Self-Assessment Tool mission of EERE . If your technology has the potential to yield substantial marketable, cost-effective energy savings or generation, and demonstrates technological viability, it is eligible for financial assistance consideration. Question 1: The proposing organization must be a small business or individual inventor, and be responsible for conducting the majority of the work described in the proposal. The principal investigator must be a U.S. citizen. Does your organization fit these requirements? A U.S. citizen, either native-born or naturalized; A small business (as defined by Small Business Administration) that is incorporated and operating in the United States; The applicant must conduct at least 50 percent of the effort whether it is a U.S. citizen or a U.S. small business. The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) defines a "small business" at http://www.sba.gov/size/

82. Abettermousetrap.co.uk - The Business Of Invention, Invention Assessment, Invent Everything DTI, including innovation. Design Council www.designcouncil.org.uk Good design can enormously improve an invention’s prospects. http://www.abettermousetrap.co.uk/links.htm

You are here: Home / Links Useful links for inventors These are the sites most inventors will find most useful. We could make this list much longer but: Most of these sites have many links of their own to further layers of more specialized or local information. You can in any case usually find a great deal of information just by using Google and relevant search terms. Happy hunting. Patents and intellectual property European Patent Office http://www.epo.org 'Umbrella' body for European national patent offices. Provides a uniform application procedure for anyone seeking patent protection in up to 38 countries. Copious information and many links. Espacenet gb.espacenet.com European Patent Office database providing free access to over 30 million patents. Immensely useful. UK Patent Office www.patent.gov.uk Superb site with huge amount of information about all forms of intellectual property. Includes searchable design and trade mark databases, downloadable publications, many links. US Patent and Trade Mark Office www.uspto.gov

83. Feature Article - The Patriot Entrepreneur - George Mason University Indepth analysis - The invention to innovation Project We recently caught up with the Director of the invention to innovation Project, Jerry Coughter. http://patriotentrepreneur.gmu.edu/issues/apr_2007/innproject.html

In-depth analysis - The Invention to Innovation Project Article 2 - Assistant Vice President for Regional Economic Development, Jerry Coughter Jerry Coughter, Assistant Vice President for Regional Economic Development, George Mason University The second article in our series on technology transfer examines the new ' Invention to Innovation " Project. The goal of the project is to move disclosed or patented IP at George Mason University closer to commercialization, making it more attractive for licensing or company formation. We recently caught up with the Director of the Invention to Innovation Project, Jerry Coughter. Mr. Coughter is the Assistant Vice President for Regional Economic Development at George Mason University: Why did the University create the Invention to Innovation Project? Couldn't we just tap into the CIT Gap Fund? Read the other articles in this series: Article 3: Out of the lab and into the market Article 1: Tech Transfer at Mason Are there not any resources locally or regionally available that can assist early stage researchers in commercializing their work? How will you utilize the money that is raised for this project?

84. The Trouble With Eureka: Invention Or Innovation In response to these challenges, some corporations have shifted their efforts to make innovation a more standard corporate activity. Unlike invention, which http://www.sixbey.com/publications_detail3.asp?ID=681

85. Unpatentable Invention? An invention in the sense of patent law is an innovation (a solution, a teaching) which fulfills the requirements of statutory subject matter as laid down http://swpat.ffii.org/papri/europarl0309/amends05/juri0504/patinv.en.html

Logic Patents Reviews EuroParl 03-09-24 Amendments ... Inventive Step Unpatentable Invention? Replace "invention" with "innovation" where patentability is not established An "invention" in the sense of patent law is an innovation (a solution, a teaching) which fulfills the requirements of statutory subject matter as laid down (for example) in Art 52 EPC. The text of the EPO supporters often uses the term "invention" in contexts where patentability has yet to be tested, thus contributing to the confusion of patentability requirements which has progressed in EPO caselaw since the 1990s, especially since IBM 1 & 2 and Controlling Pension Benefits System. This must be corrected rather than codified. Amendment 206 submitted by: Piia-Noora Kauppi provision: rec 11 language: English topic: Unpatentable Invention? amendment In order for any invention to be considered as patentable it should have a technical character, and thus belong to the field of technology. In order for any innovation to be considered a patentable invention it should have a technical character, and thus belong to a field of technology. In order to be patentable, inventions in general and inventions which can be realized by a computer program in particular must be susceptible of industrial application, new and involve an inventive step. justification The references to industrial application and inventiveness are necessary for the technical aspect to be sufficiently highlighted.

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