Your innovation in good hands
You do successful research at TU Dortmund University and you know how top research is done. But registering and patenting inventions is new territory for you? This is where the CET comes into play: We help you to successfully secure your innovations and look for marketing opportunities together with our service provider, PROvendis GmbH.
At a glance
Employee Inventions Act: All inventions and technical improvement proposals of employees in the private and public sector are subject to the Law on Employee Inventions (short: ArbnErfG). The link leads to the complete edition of the law.
Copyright and Related Rights Act: The Copyright Act defines the protection of literary, scientific and artistic works that authors enjoy. A note: in many cases, the protection of software falls under copyright. The link leads to the complete edition of the law.
Invention disclosure: With the invention disclosure you formally inform the university about the invention you have made. In this disclosure you describe in detail the technical problem, the solution and the advantages to the prior art. Furthermore, you should describe the context in which the invention was made (e.g. in a third-party funded project). It is also mandatory to name all parties involved.
Patent strategy: Here you can find the guidelines of the patent policy of the TU Dortmund University.