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Faculty are encouraged to document and file all intellectual property they generate, some of which is forwarded to the TTO and processed.

NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the'''NDSU Research Foundation'''. Through the Research Foundation, faculty staff and students may file invention disclosures. These disclosures are reviewed by staff and, if determined patentable, the foundation and inventors will move forward on patenting the device, idea, or innovation- it is of note that the NDSU TTO does not discriminate or target to a specific type of innovation or inventive idea. The TTO will then attempt to license the idea- revenue from this is split between the TTO, NDSU, the inventor's department, and the inventors themselves. No particular priority is given to staff or students, invidual revenue share is based solely on contribution to the project. Inventors can expect to split ~30% of the total licensed revenue between themselves.