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iEdison Document Library

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Below are links to downloads for a sample invention disclosure coversheet, checklists, and additional guidance documents, which may be helpful in completing iEdison reporting:

  • Subject Invention Disclosure Sample Coversheet - This document is a sample coversheet that users can attach to a sufficient description of their subject invention to create an invention disclosure.  This coversheet can be used on top of an existing invention disclosure or used to create a new invention disclosure template.
  • Invention Disclosure Checklist - This document is a checklist for uploading an Invention Disclosure document into iEdison.
  • Government Support Clause Checklist - This document is a checklist for uploading a Government Support Clause document into iEdison.  
  • Confirmatory License Checklist - This document is a checklist for uploading a Confirmatory License into iEdison.
  • iEdison Utilization Question Guidance Document - This document provides additional guidance for users to answer the standard utilization report questions in iEdison, beginning on October 1, 2023.  
  • Bulk Upload Instructions - This document provides instructions for users who want to use the bulk upload functionality to add or update invention, patent, and/or utilization reports in iEdison.
Created March 2, 2026, Updated March 13, 2026
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