
Report an Invention
McGill has an easy-to-use online portal with which you can submit a new disclosure form, accessed using your McGill Username and Password.
On this page: 1. Reporting an Invention | 2. What you will need | 3. Signing off on an Online Invention Disclosure | 4. Invention Submission Timeline | McGill Policy Documents and Contact Information
Submitting a report of invention form to the Office of Innovation + Partnerships is a crucial first step which allows our Technology Transfer Managers to assess the commercial potential and possible avenues of IP protection for your Invention. The sections below contain useful information that will walk you through the invention disclosure process.
McGill has an easy-to-use online portal with which you can submit a new disclosure form. Click here to access the online portal using your McGill Username and Password.
Please note that the Office of Innovation will no longer be accepting reports of invention through any other submission methods.
Please make sure you have the following information or files before submission:
The online disclosure form will ask general information regarding your invention that will help the Office in its assessment. Please make sure that you have the following information or files before submission. Among the information that you will need to complete the form is the following:
How to Sign off on an Invention:
1. Click here to log in to the online portal with your McGill username and password.
2. You will see all the online disclosures for which you have been named as a researcher. Please click on the one for which you received the notification email.
You will see the online disclosure as submitted, along with any documents that were uploaded. Please review the contents and any attachments.
4. If you are in agreement with the contents you will have to click on the checkbox beside you name to sign off on the invention disclosure. (Please see the red arrow below).
If you are not in agreement, or have any comments that you wish to make, please click on the email icon beside your name to submit a comment to the Office of Innovation.
Please note that a researcher cannot sign off or submit comments on behalf of another researcher. Each researcher must individually sign in to our online portal and sign off on the disclosure before the Office can proceed.
5. Once you signed off on the disclosure and/or submitted your comment you can log out of the portal.
The online disclosure form is part of a larger process that the Office undertakes to review and assess new inventions. The timeline is as follows:
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to consult McGill’s policy documents or contact the Technology Transfer Manager responsible for your faculty or hospital.
McGill Policy on Inventions and Software
McGill Guidelines on the Application of the Policy on Inventions and Software
Contact Information for your Department