Resources for Inventors
Additional Information and Outside Resources
Additional Information and Outside Resources
- Entrepreneurial Resources
- Stanford Pages of Interest
- Patent Information
- Miscellaneous Technology Transfer Sites
- Stanford Biodesign - trains students, fellows and faculty in the Biodesign Process: a systematic approach to needs finding and the invention and implementation of new biomedical technologies
- The Stanford Entrepreneurship Network - supports entrepreneurship teaching, research, and collaboration campus-wide.
- The Stanford Technology Ventures Program - the entrepreneurship education center located within the University's School of Engineering.
- Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Graduate School of Business - founded in 1996 to build understanding of the issues faced by entrepreneurial companies and individuals.
- Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES) - a community that encourages learning, fosters innovation and inspires the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.
- Entrepreneur Club at the Graduate School of Business - focuses on the interests of risk-seeking students who want to build and manage new organizations.
- United States Patent and Trademark Office - Startup Resources
- Start-up Forms Library from law firm Orrick
- Articles of Interest
- How Startup Valuation Works - Measuring a Company's Potential (from Funders and Founders)
- The Four Essential Personality Traits Of Every Entrepreneur (from Forbes)
- Survey: Top 10 Reasons for Failure of University Start-Up Companies
- The 7 Real Reasons Startups Fail (and What to Do Instead) (from Inc.com)
- For more resources, refer to the Start-up Guide at: http://otl.stanford.edu/documents/OTLstartupguide.pdf.
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- Industrial Contracts Office
- Stanford University Libraries Topic Guide: Patents
- Stanford Biodesign
- Conflict of Interest Resources
- Research Policy Handbook
- Schools and Departments
- Research Centers
- A Guide for Corporations
- The Stanford Entrepreneurship Network
- The Stanford Technology Ventures Program
- School of Medicine Core Research Facillites
- Export Controls at Stanford
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- Delphion - Allows you to conduct patent and prior art research. Requires registration.
- US Patent and Trademark Office - US Patent office information about patents, trademarks and copyright.
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Miscellaneous Technology Transfer Sites
- Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) - The AUTM homepage is a wealth of information on technology transfer issues. Contains valuable links to tech transfer organizations, government resources, legislation issues, available technologies, and information on AUTM courses and events.
- Community of Science - The Community of Science is designed to help you identify and locate researchers with interests and expertise similar to your own. This includes a separate searchable database of researchers.
- National Technology Transfer Center - the hub of a national network linking U.S. companies with federal technologies.
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