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Request an Agreement or Disclose Intellectual Property
Request a MTA, DTA, or NDA
To request for OITT to draft, negotiate, review, and/or sign a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA), Data Transfer Agreement (DTA), or Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) on behalf of Sacramento State for you, please send an MTA-DTA-NDA Request Form to OITT at oitt@csus.edu.
A Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) is used to receive, provide, share, and protect proprietary biological materials, physical materials, chemicals, and other tangible research materials.
A Data Transfer Agreement (DTA), also known as a Data Use Agreement (DUA) or Data Sharing Agreement (DSA), is used to receive, provide, share, and protect confidential and proprietary data.
A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), also known as a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) or Confidentiality Agreement (CA), is used to receive, provide, share, and protect confidential and proprietary information.
Only the Associate Vice President of the Office of Research, Innovation & Economic Development has the delegated authority to sign MTAs, DTAs, DTAs, and other IP-related agreements on behalf of Sacramento State.
Please call Rafael Gacel-Sinclair at (916) 278-2451 if you would like more information about these agreements or if you would like help completing this form.
Disclose a New Invention, Software, or Creative Work
A new invention may be a new biological material, chemical, composition of matter, device, machine, method, process, plant variety, tree variety, or other innovation. An invention can be protected by a design patent, utility patent, plant patent, or plant breeder's right.
New software may be new application software, driver software, middleware, programming software, or system software. Software can be protected by a utility patent and/or copyright.
A new creative work can be a book, film, musical composition, painting, play, sculpture, song, or other artistic or literary work. A creative work is protected by copyright.
To disclose a new invention or new software that may have commercial potential can benefit California and the world, please:
- Click on the Inventor Portal to disclose the new invention or new software online directly into OITT's Inteum Minuet IP management system; or
- Send an email with a completed Invention Disclosure Form to oitt@csus.edu.
To disclose a new creative work that could have commercial potential and benefit California and the world, please:
- Click on the Inventor Portal to disclose the new creative work online directly into OITT's Inteum Minuet IP management system; or
- Send an email with a completed Copyright Disclosure Form to oitt@csus.edu.
If you would like help with the Inventor Portal or completing these forms, please contact Rafael Gacel-Sinclair at gacel-sinclair@csus.edu or (916) 278-2451.