Audit University Research Outputs and IP
Execute a comprehensive audit across all relevant publications, datasets, software codebases, lab notebooks, and formal patent filings linked to the research project. Catalogue explicit details regarding authorship, funding sources, research agreements, and existing material transfer agreements.
Performing a rigorous audit exposes the full spectrum of tangible and intangible assets generated by the research programme. It provides the foundational empirical baseline required to build an accurate, defensible research asset register for external stakeholders.
The founder must deliver an exhaustive raw inventory listing all code, data, trade secrets, designs, and patent applications, complete with metadata. Each entry must show provenance, associated funding grants, and any tied contractual obligations or encumbrances.
Five questions an expert would ask when reviewing your output
Use these to challenge assumptions, pressure-test your logic, and check the quality of this action's output in the context of the parent task and wider venture development.
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What evidence demonstrates that every contributor listed on publications has been accounted for in terms of IP ownership?
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How have you verified that open-source libraries or third-party datasets have not compromised your proprietary software assets?
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Why did you classify certain tacit lab know-how as a protectable asset rather than uncapturable human capital?
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What proof exists that public disclosures, thesis submissions, or conference abstracts have not destroyed patentability?
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How does the asset list account for grant funding conditions that may grant march-in rights to public funding bodies?