http://www.innovation-asset.com/solutions/modules/decipher_innovation/ The Decipher Innovation module simplifies and streamlines the invention disclosure and review process. Use it to map inventions, trade secrets and patents to the rest of your IP portfolio-including relationships to product lines, business units, outside counsel and more
Decipher offers an end-to-end business solution for intellectual property, addressing all segments of the IP value chain. The following presentation focuses on Decipher’s Innovation module: how Decipher can help capture the ideas developed at your company and guide the review process. The strength of Decipher here includes a streamlined submission process that saves inventors time and effort; a configurable workflow that automates and tracks the review process; a system of access pemissioning that helps secure your IP in its most vulnerable stage; and full ability to report on and analyze all aspects of the process and your company’s innovation goals.
The innovation module consolidates the disclosure and review process. This process looks very simple at first: the inventor discloses an invention, and the disclosure is reviewed by legal experts and some form of review committee; and then a decision is made whether to approve a patent filing or pursue another protection strategy.
Let’s look at the first step. Companies with aggressive innovation goals know that their inventors don’t always submit their ideas, even with incentives. Inventors may dislike the submission process, not trust the company’s procedures, and feel their ideas disappear into a black hole. Decipher can help you create an efficient process that keeps the inventor apprised of his disclosure’s status and aware of Gaining trust starts with the submission form: it must be easy to use; it should minimize the effort needed to enter data—no engineer wants to enter their own name, their co-inventor’s phone number, and their division when they know the system really should have that information already. It should ask for no more information than is needed, and not waste time with redundant or inapplicable questions. It should make it easy to submit related documents—drawings, notes, and so forth. It should also make it easy to reference the company’s other IP, if these But it also includes references to related patents, including your company’s IP; costs, funding sources, and other financial information; all related notes and drawings can be referenced as attachments.
We’ve designed our Invention Disclosure form with these concerns in mind. With Decipher, the inventor logs in to Decipher and with one click opens a wizard form. This form includes customized instructions to help him enter in the nedessary details. He can cut and paste text from other documents, select from drop-down menus, and use simple tools for recording co-inventors, attaching documents, of referncing other IP.Inventors can even begin submissions in Decipher and come back later to complete them.
The form captures all relevant dates... and financial information...development status ... The form is interactive--some fields only appear on the form when triggered by other information.And here the inventor can attach all notes, drawings, and other documents so they’re never separated from the record. If there’s related art in our company’s IP, a few mouse clicks associates those records with this one.
The innovation module consolidates the disclosure and review process. This process looks very simple at first: the inventor discloses an invention, and the disclosure is reviewed by legal experts and some form of review committee; and then a decision is made whether to approve a patent filing or pursue another protection strategy.