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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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RES-1120 Intellectual Property Protection: Patent

Description

Consists of records related to patent applications for inventions resulting from research conducted at the University. The IP evaluation process considers rights, prior art, stage of development, industry contacts and commercialization potential to score technologies and make a decision whether to pursue a patent. This records series is for technologies that result in a submitted patent application. The patent application may be dropped due to a decision not to proceed with the patent application, or the determination by the Patent Office that the technology is not patentable. 

Includes IP strategy, assignment document, correspondence with IP lawyer, patent application, major changes to patent, copies of documentation from Patent Office, patent and final decisions. 

See also: RES-1100 Intellectual Property: Invention Disclosure and Assessment. 

For records related to other IP protection, see RES-1110 Intellectual Property Protection. Final executed agreements created by this process are subject to: CMP-0300 Contracts and Agreements

Retention Trigger

 If patent awarded: Life of patent and any related patentsIf patent application dropped: Patent abandoned and life of any related patents

Retention

 Trigger + 7 years

Responsible Unit(s)

 Research Services

Source

  

Records System

  

Citations

  

Record Authority

 VP Research Innovation and International

Disposition

 Secure destruction

Records Arising from Activity
  • IP Strategy
  • Assignment document
  • Correspondence with IP lawyer
  • 2nd Technology Evaluation (where applicable)
  • Patent application
  • Major changes to patent
  • Decision
  • Documentation from Patent Office
  • Patent

Retention Rationale

  

Personal Information

 No

Vital Record

 No

Protection

 High