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