iEdison
(which stands for Interagency Edison) helps government grantees
and contractors comply with a federal law, the Bayh-Dole Act.
Bayh-Dole regulations require that government funded inventions
be reported to the federal agency who made the award.
iEdison
is interagency because it provides a single interface for
grantees and contractors to interact with any participating
agency.
iEdison
makes it easy to learn about the law and its regulations and
report an invention or patent funded by any of the agencies
listed on the right.
iEdison is used for invention and patent reporting by the following agency offices below.