Services for inventors
You have an interesting idea, a project at developmental stage, or even a finished product?
We provide the following services to all TUM employees who intend to apply for a patent:
- Personal consulting for inventors (also on-site consulting)
- General information on industrial property rights
- Information on the German Employees’ Inventions Act
- Identification of patentable research results
- Provision of invention disclosure and software disclosure forms (please visit our download section)
- Assistance with preparing and submitting the invention disclosure and software disclosure forms.
Within the framework of collaboration of Bavarian universities and Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH, we provide:
- Free assessment of your invention in terms of patentability and patent merit requirements
- Free filing of a patent application by TUM if the invention is considered patentable
- Financing, coordination and monitoring of the patenting process
- Commercialization of the invention/the patent in collaboration with the inventor and "Bayerische Patentallianz"
The royalty proceeds will be split between the inventor(s), TUM, the TUM department/institute concerned, and the "Bayerische Patentallianz". Pursuant to section 42 of the German Employees’ Inventions Act, the inventor(s) will receive 30% of the gross commercialization income.
Do you have any further questions?
Have a look at our FAQs or contact us at patent@tum.de
TUM ForTe - Office for Research and Innovation
Technical University of Munich
Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich
Phone: +49 89 289 22667; Fax: +49 89 289 28381