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| Invention
Disclosure Document Type |
iEdison allows the electronic submission
of the Invention Disclosure (the written description
of the invention) any other documents associated
with the patent report: a signed copy of the
government confirmatory license, and the portion
of the patent that include the government
support clause. Any of these documents may
be submitted through the iEdison interface
as either a PDF or TIFF document type. Alternatively,
the user may submit plain ASCII text by inserting
it in the text box provided. Finally, the
grantee or contractor may submit the required
document in paper, either via fax or U.S.
mail. The invention disclosure document type is used to indicate the type
of document submitted.
Note: The grantee or contractor organization
should be aware that only documents submitted
as PDF, TIFF, or ASCII text will be able to
be viewed through the iEdison user interface.
Documents submitted in paper will be entered
into the iEdison database by iEdison staff,
but will not be available for viewing. Select
the appropriate document type from the list.
PDF -
Indicates a PDF version of the Invention Disclosure
is provided.
Paper
- Indicates a paper version of the Invention
Disclosure was faxed or mailed.
TIFF -
Indicates a TIFF version of the Invention
Disclosure is provided.
Text
- Indicates an ASCII Text version of the Invention
Disclosure is provided. Text may be entered into
the Invention Report text field provided.
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| Invention
Report Number |
The Invention Report number is automatically
generated by the iEdison system for a new
Invention Report when the data has been submitted,
checked for errors, and verified. Once the
Invention Report has been created, the Invention
Report number cannot be modified by the organization.
Reference should be made to the Invention
Report number in all correspondence with the
awarding agency.
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| Invention
Docket Number |
The Invention Docket Number field is provided
for the convenience of iEdison users as a
unique identifier to keep track of the associated
Invention Report. Any combination of numbers
and letters may be used to define the invention
docket number. If a docket number is not provided,
the iEdison system sets the value equal to
the last six digits of the Invention Report
number.
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| Invention
Title |
The invention title reflects the title of
the invention as it appears in the employee's
Invention Report.
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| Patent
Docket Number |
The Patent Docket Number field is provided
for the convenience of iEdison users as a
unique identifier to keep track of the associated
patent report. Since multiple patents can
evolve from a single invention, it is required
that a unique patent docket number be provided
to identify each patent.
Any combination of numbers and letters may
be used to define the patent docket number.
If a patent docket number is not provided,
the iEdison system generates one automatically.
The iEdison user may change this assigned
number.
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| Grantee/Contractor
Organization |
The full name of the Grantee or Contractor
Organization. When conducting a search, all
or part of the organization name may be entered.
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| Supporting
Agency |
A Supporting Agency is any federal agency
identified by the grantee or contractor organization
as having contributed to either the conception
or first actual reduction to practice of an
invention.
Below is a list of designated supporting
agencies represented in the iEdison system.
Select the most appropriate acronym from the
list.
AHRQ -
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Army/MRMC
- United States Army Medical Research and
Material Command
Army/SMDC
- United States Army Space & Missile Defense Command
Army/SSC
- United States Army Soldier Systems Center
ATSDR -
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC - Centers
for Disease Control
DOE - Department
of Energy
EPA - Environmental
Protection Agency
FDA - Food
and Drug Administration
IHS - Indian Health Service
Navy/ONR
- United States Navy Office of Naval Research
NIH - National
Institutes of Health
NOAA -
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF - National
Science Foundation
USAF/AFOSR
- United States Air Force/Air Force Office
of Scientific Research
USAF/ESC
- United States Air Force/Electronic Systems
Center
USAID -
United States Agency for International Development
USDA/ARS
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural
Research Service
USDA/NIFA
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
USDA/FS
- United States Department of Agriculture/Forest
Service
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| Grant/Contract
Number |
For each agency contributing to the conception
or first actual reduction to practice of the
invention, the corresponding grant or contract
number must be provided. The format of the
number is unique to the associated agency.
The iEdison system enforces the grant or contract
number format for each participating iEdison
agency.
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| Organization
Code for Other Organizations to View Invention
and Related Patents |
Two grantee or contractor organizations
often formally contribute to a specific subject
invention. Accordingly, while one of the organizations
takes the lead and bears the responsibility
of reporting the invention, the second organization
is provided the ability to view the Invention
Report record.
To allow a second grantee or contractor
organization to view the Invention Report,
the lead organization must grant that permission
by indicating the second organization's code
in the field provided. The lead grantee or
contractor organization should contact the
secondary organization(s) to determine organization
code(s).
The iEdison system allows up to three organizations
to be granted view-only access.
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