UCSD Inventor Portal

Current Faculty may use this portal to review information related to the specific invention disclosure (s) they have made to the TechTIPS office and the UC Regents.

Use this portal link to take you to the login page: TechTIPS Inventor Portal

If you are new to the Inventor Portal or you have forgotten your Username and/or Password contact the Portal Manager at: invportal

You can also find patent application information from the US Patent & Trademark Office Patent Application Information Retrieval.

UCSD Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property Services (TechTIPS) evaluates, protects, markets, and licenses UCSD developed technologies for commercial applications in the global market for public good.TechTIPS mission includes enhancing the research experience for faculty and promoting the economic development of the Greater Southern California region by out-licensing the fruits of UCSD research. UCSD technologies are disseminated throughout the world. Companies from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia license UCSD technologies to commercialize in their business ventures.

• UCSD is an engine for regional economic growth. UCSD faculty, alums and their technologies are responsible for the formation of mny new companies in the San Diego area.
  
• UCSD’s research engine generated over 300 innovations in the last fiscal year;
  
• UCSD had a national economic impact of over $5 billion last fiscal year

The first step in this continuing effort is for faculty, staff and students to disclose their discoveries to the TechTIPS Office. We've provided a link here and in the menu at the left to facilitate this disclosure:

Disclosing Your Innovations

After your disclosure our office will work with you in an effort to find a suitable partner in commercialization of the invention. We work with you to:

1. Broadly announce the availability of the innovation thereby providing equal opportunity access to all businesses.
   
2. Utilize the inventor's referals as well as our own experience and contacts in the relevant industry to directly approach individuals in selected companies, on a "targeted" level.

The combined efforts of the researchers and our licensing officers will normally generate a list of targeted candidates from which we can solicit interest in developing the innovation into a useful product for the public.

For more information on marketing use the link below or the menu at the left:

Marketing Your Innovations

Possible Outcomes: double-click here for a discussion on possible outcomes.

Resources for Our Inventors

Following are links to resources that the TechTIPS office and staff have found helpful in gathering information about specific industries; the business environment; start-ups; venture funding; entrepreneurship; business plans; etc. These sites provide a general view of the complexity and opportunity that awaits your invention...

The sites linked below may be not-for-profit and offer free information. Others may be for-profit and provide their services on a for-fee basis. UCSD and TechTIPS make no endorsement of these organizations or companies, nor are they responsible for the content of the sites.

General Information:

University Interaction with Industry

UCSD Libraries SAGE Resource (access to resources may require a UCSD account or UCSD remote access)

Small Business Administration ("Resource on business and marketing plans as well as finanacial resources.")

BIOCOM ("BIOCOM is a premiere life science industry association representing more than 450 member companies in San Diego and Southern California.")

Fast Company ("Fast Company is an informative resource on the changing business environment. The magazine focuses on new industries, change management and the Internet.")

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

European Patent Office

EntreWorld.org ("EntreWorld search engine delivers the best and most useful information, guidance and contacts for you, the entrepreneur.")

Entrepreneur Magazine (Web magazine)

Dunn & Bradstreet

Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)

U.S. Copyright Office

Business Plans

Small Business Administration Business Plans ("Resource on business and marketing plans as well as finanacial resources.")

Business Plan Archive ("Blueprints that lay out the assumptions and strategies of Internet entrepreneurs.")

About.com ("Business Section)

bplans.com ("Advice, examples, calculators and software.")

Financial

Small Business Administration Finance ("Resource on business and marketing plans as well as finanacial resources.")

Garage Technology Ventures ("... see the world for what it could be, not what it already is...")

The San Diego Venture Group (" The San Diego Venture Group is a non-profit business organization whose mission is to provide an informal atmosphere that fosters ideas on how to form, fund and build new ventures.")

BIOCOM ("BIOCOM is a premiere life science industry association representing more than 450 member companies in San Diego and Southern California.")