Why disclose an invention or discovery to the UABRF?
There are several reasons. 1) Disclosure to the UABRF starts a process of protecting and marketing the innovation that provides the greatest opportunity for the innovation to be used in practice for the public good. (2) The same process provides the greatest opportunity for the innovation to generate revenue to be shared among for the innovator(s) themselves and the associated department, school, and University. (3) Most people affiliated with UAB are required as a condition of employment or matriculation to disclose their inventions or discoveries.
