Research Office

The Division of Patents & Licensing (DPL) is responsible for the development, protection, and utilization of intellectual property rights, as well as the development and coordination of cooperative ventures the University of South Florida undertakes with business and industry in the promotion of technology transfer and the commercial exploitation of intellectual property.

DPL Organization & Contact Information

Material Transfer & Confidential Disclosure Agreement Instructions

When USF employees believe that they have discovered/invented a new and useful item, compound or method (any art or process, machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof), they must disclose as soon as possible to the Division of Patents & Licensing for evaluation and filing of appropriate documents.

To obtain the best protection for an invention, appropriate documentation must be prepared PRIOR to public disclosure, i.e. public presentations (oral or poster), publications (abstracts or full manuscripts).

Contact one of our Licensing Managers to undertake Material Transfer Agreements and Confidential Disclosure Agreements

Forms

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Material Transfer Agreements (MTA)

1. USF Material Transfer Agreement Expediting Form (required with all MTAs)
2. FY 07-08 templates coming soon
3. Simple Letter Agreement for transfer of materials
4. Uniform Biological Material Transfer Agreement - Implementing Letter

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Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDA)

1. One-Way Confidential Disclosure Agreement
2. Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement

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Statement of Policy and Procedures for Inventions and Works -- USF Policy 0-300

All University employees must disclose inventions or other works to the Division of Patents & Licensing according to this policy and procedures statement:

Submitted for Promulgation Version (5/30/2005) - Use this version

Promulgated Version

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Disclosures of Inventions and Works

Invention Disclosure Form
File this form to disclose any discovery, invention, process, composition of matter, article of manufacture, know-how, design, model, technological development, strain, variety, or culture of any organism, or portion, modification, translation, or extension of these items, and any mark used in connection with these items.

Disclosure of Work Form
File this form to disclose works of authorship which comprise a body of information which may be protected by copyright. This would include printed material, computer software or data bases, audio and visual material, circuit diagrams, architectural and engineering drawings, lectures, musical or dramatic compositions, choreographic works, pictorial or graphic works, and sculptural works.

USF Technologies

Search USF Technologies Available for License

USF Patents Issued in Fiscal Years 2003-present

USF Research and Entrepreneurship

USF Research Foundation and Technology Incubator
USF Research Park and opportunities for research collaboration with USF

USF Connect
Entrepreneurship help for the Tampa Bay life sciences and biotech sector

Research Highlights
USF Research and Innovation

Information about Research at USF
USF Research Facts and Figures

Main Contact Information

Please contact us with any questions you may have.

Phone : 813-974-0994
E-mail : patents@research.usf.edu
Mail :
Valerie Landrio McDevitt, Director
U.S. Registered Patent Attorney
Division of Patents & Licensing
University of South Florida
3802 Spectrum Blvd., Suite 100
Tampa, FL 33612-9220
Campus Mail Stop:
30338 Holly Drive

Licensing Managers

For Engineering Disclosures and Technologies contact

Jaideep Rajput, BSEE, MBE
Phone : 813-974-3732
E-mail : jrajput@research.usf.edu

For Life Sciences Disclosures and Technologies contact

Valerie Landrio McDevitt
Phone : 813-974-0994
E-mail : vmcdevitt@research.usf.edu

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