Patents and Trademarks : For UW Community
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Steenbock Library is a USPTO Patent & Trademark Resource Center. Read about our Patents & Trademark services.
For questions or to set up an appointment, email asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu or call (608) 262-3007.
Patenting for UW Researchers and Students
Campus intellectual property information and resources from the UW-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
UW-Madison Office of Business Engagement
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
- Serves the University of Wisconsin-Madison scientific community
- Patents the discoveries of UW-Madison researchers
- Licenses technologies to leading companies in Wisconsin, the United States and worldwide
Invention Disclosure
"University policy and federal statutes REQUIRE all UW–Madison faculty, staff and students to disclose to WARF, regardless of the monies that funded the research. All Morgridge Institute researchers also must disclose to WARF." - Patenting FAQ for UW Inventors
Submit an invention disclosure report
Patent Data and Statistics
- Bulk downloadsBulk downloads of patent and trademark data available from Google
- PatentsViewUSPTO-hosted data visualization and analysis platform for U.S. patents.
- Data Files available from the USPTO Electronic Information Products DivisionAvailable for downloading free of charge via HTTPS.
- International patenting statisticsProvided by the World Intellectual Property Office
- LensIncludes many patent data analysis and visualization tools, as well as the ability to map scholarly publishing output to patents and vice versa
Other UW Resources
The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship - UW School of Business certificate programs
Wisconsin Discovery Portal - Access to information about more than 3,000 researchers at UW-Madison. Search by research interests, researcher's name, industry or company, patent number or name, or by keywords.
Certificate in Entrepreneurship (UW School of Business)
WARF's Entrepreneurons series (includes archived video)
(Video) Patents and Inventions: common questions asked by students when it comes to patents and inventions. Stephanie Whitehorse, WARF Manager of Intellectual Property Operations.