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Research & Innovation

Intellectual Property

Protecting and sharing the ideas, inventions and creative work of KVUC staff and students.

Disclose an invention

Have an invention or new idea?

Talk to the College before you publish, present or post about it. Once an invention is public it can usually no longer be patented. The Office of the Deputy Principal (Academics) helps staff and students decide how best to protect and use their work.

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    Disclose itTell us about your invention in confidence using the disclosure form.
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    Assess itWe look at whether it is new, useful and worth protecting, and who contributed.
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    Protect itWhere it makes sense, the College helps apply for a patent, utility model, industrial design, trade mark or copyright protection with the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) or the Kenya Copyright Board.
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    Put it to useWe look for partners to develop, license or commercialise it for the benefit of the community.