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An '''invention disclosure''', or '''invention disclosure report''', is a confidential document written by a scientist or engineer for use by a company's patent department, or by an external [[patent attorney]], to determine whether [[patent protection]] should be sought for the described invention.<ref>George C. Prendergast, ''Molecular Cancer Therapeutics: Strategies for Drug Discovery and Development'', Wiley-IEEE, 2004, {{ISBN|0-471-43202-4}}, page 312.</ref> It may follow a standardized form established within a company.<ref>M. Henry Heines, ''Patent Empowerment for Small Corporations'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, {{ISBN|1-56720-452-X}}, pages 122-123.</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Inventor's notebook]]
* [[Lab notebook]]
** [[Electronic lab notebook]]
* [[Laboratory information management system]]
* [[Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard#Other data exchange formats|LEDES invention disclosure data format]]
* [[Scientific management]]

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