• Identify the invention for which a license is desired.


• Please indicate type of license being applied for.


• Identify the applicant. Give the name and address of the person, company or organization applying for the license. Where applicable, give citizenship, place of incorporation and the name of the parent corporation.


• List the name, address and telephone number of the applicant’s representative with whom correspondence should be held. The representative should have authority to conduct licensing negotiations.


• Describe the nature and type of applicant’s business. The description should include any products or services that the applicant has successfully commercialized and the approximate number of people employed by the applicant. Many license applicants submit a company annual report to comply with this paragraph.


• Explain how the applicant became aware of the subject invention.


• Indicate whether the applicant is a small business firm. “Small business firm” means a small business concern as defined in the regulations of the Small Business Administration.


• Provide a detailed description of the applicant’s plan for development and/or marketing the invention. At a minimum, the plan should include:


• A statement of anticipated investment of capital and other resources the applicant believes will be necessary to bring the invention to practical application. This statement shall include the nature, amount and timing of such anticipated investments.


• A statement indicating the applicant’s capability and intention to fulfill this plan for development and/or marketing. With regard to the applicant’s capability, this statement shall include information pertaining to the applicant’s manufacturing, marketing, financial, and technical resources, with balance sheet, income statement and an annual report as attachments. With regard to the applicant’s intention, this statement should include a timeline of key steps or milestones the applicant believes will be required to bring the invention to practical application.


• A statement of the fields of use in which the applicant intends to practice the invention.


• A statement of the geographic areas in which the applicant intends to manufacture any products embodying the invention and the geographic areas where the applicant intends to use or sell any products embodying the invention.


• Identify any licenses that were previously granted to the applicant under any federally owned inventions.


• Provide a statement containing the applicants best knowledge, pertaining to the extent the invention is being practiced by private industry, the government or both and the extent the invention is commercially available.


• Provide any other information the applicant believes will support a determination to grant the requested license to the applicant.

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