Publications (Adobe Connect Presentations)

Patenting 101 click here

John Geikler presents the two primary aspects of patenting Virginia Tech inventions: patentability and commercial potential. He describes the patenting process and covers why patenting is important – including both patenting and publishing your research. John also addresses how to best turn an invention into reality. He covers how we assess commercial opportunities and how teamwork between inventors and VTIP is critical to success.

What Every Researcher Needs to Know About Commercialization

Interested in learning more about the process of tech transfer and commercialization? Foresight Science & Technology™ founder Phyl Speser has written a great piece that charts a course to follow when working with Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties. Look under VTIP Publications to download a copy.

VTIP Overview for Inventors

An overview of VTIP especially designed for inventors, with answers to such questions as...How does VTIP serve the VT community? Did you know VT’s IP policy is one of the most generous in the country? What is the process for disclosing an invention to VTIP? Publishing soon?

Tap VTIP For New Product Revenue

Our Licensees have generated over $1 billion from Virginia Tech inventions. Virginia Tech conducts over $300 million of research annually – making it one of
the top 50 research universities in the U.S.