Streamline Your Invention Disclosure & Income Distribution
UCSF offers confidential disclosure and income distribution forms to support innovation. Use the online Inventor Portal to disclose inventions, including devices, research tools, software, and data packages. After submission, you'll receive a case number and contact from a Business Development expert to explore commercialization opportunities. Income distribution forms are available for multiple inventors or for allocating software/app income differently than default policies.
Technology Disclosure & Income Distribution Forms
Please note that all forms are confidential and should be emailed to Innovation Ventures.
1. Disclosure Form
If you're a returning inventor or are ready to submit a disclosure, go directly to the new Inventor Portal. Anyone can create an account to submit online. UCSF faculty, staff, and students can log in using their MyAccess credentials.
You can also download the Invention Disclosure Form and submit it by email.
Use this form for all disclosures, including diagnostics, therapeutics, medical and mechanical devices, methods of use, manufacturing processes, laboratory instruments, and equipment.
This form should also be used for research tools, such as cell lines, transgenic models, expression vectors, or research-use-only antibodies (Tangible Research Properties).
Use this form for software, mobile apps, and other copyrightable materials, such as surveys or questionnaires. It should also be used for data packages, including preclinical, in vitro or in vivo data, clinical data, and regulatory data.
What Happens After You Submit Your Disclosure Form?
After submitting a disclosure form, you will receive a confirmation email. It will include your case number and the contact information for the Business Development Manager assigned to your disclosure.
Your Business Development Manager will contact the inventors to discuss the technology and its potential for commercialization. All information submitted through the disclosure process will be kept confidential.
An invention disclosure is not a patent or patent application. It serves as a record of your invention for UCSF's internal use.
2.1 Invention Income Distribution Forms
Use this form when an invention has two or more inventors who agree to distribute income differently from the standard distribution outlined in the UC Patent Policy.
All inventors must sign the completed form. Submit the signed form to Innovation Ventures by email.
Download Invention Income Distribution Form
2.2 Software and Apps Income Distribution Forms
The Policy and Plan Options for Software and Apps Income Distribution document explains how licensing income from unpatented software and apps is distributed.
Download Software and Apps Income Distribution Policy and Plan Options
Developers who want to distribute income differently from the default plan must complete the appropriate Income Distribution and Development Form.
For unpatented software: Download Unpatented Software Income Distribution Form
For apps: Download App Income Distribution Form