Why is it important to be mindful of public disclosure when filing for a patent?
To ensure eligibility for U.S. patent rights covering your work, a patent application must be filed within one year of publication. To maintain patent rights in the rest of the world, a patent application must be filed prior to publication. Therefore, if you are interested in developing your new inventions commercially, please contact OTD immediately if and when you are about to disclose new ideas or research results through the following: 1) submission of a pre-publication manuscript, 2) submission of a meeting abstract, 3) any kind of seminar (large or small) or other presentation.
