Center For Technology Licensing

The Inventor's Patent Academy
2022-12-05 - 2023-06-30
Patents protect inventions so that inventors can focus on their work and be compensated for it. But many people don’t know how to navigate the patenting process, or even where to start.
That’s why The Inventor’s Patent Academy was created. This free, one-of-a-kind, e-learning course aims to help people understand the patenting process and get them ready to apply for their own patent. It also explores challenges inventors may face along the way—particularly those that typically affect women, people of color, veterans, low-income individuals, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented inventors—and provides advice to overcome them. Throughout the program, participants will hear from actual inventors about the challenges they faced and their successes on their journeys to bring ideas to life.
This course is unique because it was made by inventors, patent experts, and—most importantly—diversity and inclusion experts, in collaboration with Invent Together partner Qualcomm: one of America’s most innovative companies, with a portfolio of more than 140,000 patents.
If more people are encouraged to invent and have the tools and knowledge to patent, we can begin to make real systemic change and build a more diverse and inclusive innovation ecosystem—complete with new inventors, new ideas, and new technologies.
Start your patenting journey today! Register here.

Empower Conference 2023 Pitch Competition - Applications Open
2023-02-14 - 2023-03-06
The Empower Conference 2023 Pitch Competition celebrates women academic entrepreneurship and salutes all founders and researchers who have or are planning to commercialize university-developed intellectual property across all disciplines including technology, physical sciences, life sciences and social sciences.
Applicants will compete for over $150K of cash and in-kind prizes, including a first-place cash prize of $100K and a $10K bundle of in-kind legal and advisory services. The semi-finalists and finalists in the selection process will also receive expert mentoring advice and the opportunity to meet with several VC firms.
The Empower pitch competition welcomes all researchers, founders and C-suite executives (from all academic institutions and/or industry) who are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and who are commercializing university IP and ideas developed across college campuses, or licensing university-developed IP. Startups seeking pre-seed, seed, or series A funding are encouraged to apply. The pitch competition is open to all eligible participants regardless of identity.
A Google account is required to submit this form. If you prefer not to use Google, please email donseitz@princeton.edu directly with the information requested including your Executive Summary and Pitch Deck.

Please also direct any questions to Don Seitz @ donseitz@princeton.edu.

Applications are due by 11:59 pm PT on Monday, March 6th.
