How do I protect intellectual property rights before public disclosure?
The best way to protect intellectual property rights prior to public disclosure is to contact the OTT to either get an NDA in place, in the event of discussions with a company, another institution or an individual or to get a provisional patent application on file with the United States patent and Trademark Office. Please provide OTT with at least one month’s prior notice of public disclosure to give us ample time to appropriately protect your invention.
