Patents and Technology Licenses

Entry Type – Drop List

On the Patents and Technology Licenses home page, the user can select Entry Type from the drop list below. Based on the type selected, the summary page will be refreshed with applicable data fields.

Patents – Data Fields

The following is a list of data fields included in this section. No description or examples are provided for self-explanatory data fields.

 

Patents

Data Field

Description

Examples

Patent Title

 

 

Patent Holder or Assignee

The patent holder for any patent granted to a University of Texas Institution inventor is Board of Regents, The University of Texas System.

 

Application/Patent Number

An application number or serial number is assigned when the patent application is filed/pending.

A patent number (different from the application/serial number) is assigned when the patent is actually issued.

 

Date Filed or Issued

 

 

Expiration Date

 

 

Inventors

  • last name (space) first initial (no space) middle initial

  • Insert comma between inventors

  • Do not enter terminal punctuation; it will be inserted by the system

  • Do not use et al

 

Country

 

 


 

Data Field

Description

Examples

Status

To differentiate between filed and pending status: Filed reflects that a patent application has been filed but no application/serial number has been assigned. The status is transferred to pending when the application/serial number is assigned.

 

 

Technology Licenses – Data Fields

The following is a list of data fields included in this section. No description or examples are provided for self-explanatory data fields.

 

Technology Licenses

Data Field

Description

Examples

License Title/Description

 

 

Company to which Technology is Licensed

 

 

License Number

 

 

Execution Date

 

 

Termination Date