Why disclose an invention?

All university employees – faculty, researchers, staff and student workers – need to report any inventions developed through their work as an employee. The best person to talk to right from the start is a TLA Licensing Manager. TLA has a full team of licensing managers or "LMs" who are experts a full range of technical fields and have deep knowledge of intellectual property protection and licensing. They're here to help you evaluate the market and impact potential of innovation and work with you to develop targeted IP protection and commercialization strategies.  

By reporting inventions and even just talking through your work with and LM, you gain access to great opportunities, such as: 

• Increased funding for your lab, department and college 
• Qualification for industry and federal grants, such as SBIR funds 
• Making your research more attractive for future funding 
• Increased impact and contributing to a better world.

What you get working with TLA 

We want to ensure that you remain focused on your number one priority: your inventive work.

To that end, we set expectations and coach you through the entire commercialization process. It all starts with an invention disclosure and our team of licensing experts is here to guide you every step of the way.