How Emory evaluates your technology

Provided by: Emory Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
 
Who’s eligible: All Emory employees interested in licensing a technology or starting a company
All market-potential inventions and discoveries made by Emory employees require you to file an invention disclosure.
 
Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer then evaluates your innovation to determine:

• Whether your idea has already been protected in the marketplace
• What the market around your idea looks like
• Whether a comparable product or service already exists

OTT’s evaluation is thorough. It involves looking at the technical aspects and market potential of your invention or discovery. It also considers its “patentability.”
 
Once the evaluation is complete, OTT will provide you with a Commercialization Evaluation Report with OTT’s findings and recommendations.
 
Learn more about the evaluation process >