UC San Diego Inventor Portal

Current Faculty may use this portal to review information related to the specific invention disclosure(s) they have made to the Technology Transfer Office and the UC Regents. Use this portal link to take you to the login page: UC San Diego 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.

Intellectual Property Management at UC San Diego

UC San Diego Technology Transfer Office (TTO) evaluates, protects, markets, and licenses UC San Diego-developed technologies for commercial applications in the global market for public good. TTO 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 UC San Diego research. UC San Diego technologies are disseminated throughout the world. Companies from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia license UC San Diego technologies to commercialize in their business ventures.

  • UC San Diego is an engine for regional economic growth. UC San Diego faculty, alums, and their technologies are responsible for the formation of many new companies in the San Diego area;
  • UC San Diego’s research engine generated over three hundred innovations in the last fiscal year;
  • UC San Diego, the region's leading research university, contributes $7.2 billion to the California economy.

The first step in this continuing effort is for faculty, staff and students to disclose their discoveries to the Technology Transfer 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 referrals, as well as our own experience and contacts in the relevant industry to directly approach individuals in selected companies, on a "targeted" basis.

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

Marketing Your Innovations: double-click here for a discussion on the marketing process.

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

Resources for Our Inventors

Following are links to resources that TTO has 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. UC San Diego and TTO make no endorsement of these organizations or companies, nor are they responsible for the content of the sites.

General Information:

Business Plans

Financial