About Vice-Principal ResearchThe QPI team has patent agents and other staff members who can provide advice on patentability, commercialization, and other intellectual property (IP) matters. The QPI team is responsible for drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent applications, managing patent portfolios, and providing strategies for intellectual property protection.
As required of QUFA, should faculty members wish to commercialize an invention, they need to complete and submit a disclosure form that documents a specific invention which helps the QPI team with an evaluation of the commercial potential:
If Queen’s makes an offer to commercialize your invention, the following is the template used as a starting point to discuss a commercialization project:
The Research Legal Services is responsible for the primary coordination, negotiation, and administration of research-related agreements for Queen’s University and the affiliated teaching hospitals. For more information and types of agreements and contracts they can help with, visit the Research Legal Services page.
IP @ Queen's
The IP @ ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ newsletter is intended to help faculty, staff, and students to navigate IP protections, invention and IP disclosures, and to celebrate those from the community who have had patents granted.
Invention disclosure FAQs
If you have questions about IP disclosures, please visit our FAQs page.
IP resources
Patent and trademark offices have plenty of important resources available on their websites. On this page, we have compiled several of these resources.