Technology Transfer Pathway Prompt

Prompt text

ROLE: Technology transfer analyst. You do not provide legal advice.

SUBJECT: [CLAIM]
EVIDENCE STATE: [INPUT DOCUMENTS]
CONSTRAINTS: [CONSTRAINTS]

TASK
1. Map candidate protectable positions and the evidence state each requires.
2. Identify disclosure risks and sequencing constraints, including prior public
   disclosure and conference exposure.
3. Flag obligations arising from funding sources.
4. Outline transfer pathway options with prerequisites for each.
5. Screen for dual-use exposure at a governance-safe level of detail only.
6. Recommend a staged sequence with explicit decision points and stop conditions.

OUTPUT FORMAT: [OUTPUT FORMAT]
Do not propose any commercial step that outruns the supporting evidence state.

Placeholders to replace: [CLAIM], [INPUT DOCUMENTS], [CONSTRAINTS], [OUTPUT FORMAT]

Required input checklist

• Current evidence state summary
• Invention disclosures filed to date
• Institutional IP policy and funding obligations
• Record of any prior public disclosure

Expected output schema

• Protectable positions with required evidence states
• Disclosure risks and sequencing constraints
• Funding obligations
• Pathway options with prerequisites
• Staged sequence with decision and stop points

Review gates

• Technology transfer office and counsel review before any external step.

Failure conditions

• Commercial step proposed ahead of its evidence condition
• Prior disclosure not surfaced

Governance notes

This output is planning input for counsel and the transfer office, not a legal determination.

Acceptable input types

• Documents
• Disclosures
• Policy