Patent Services · University Tech Transfer
University Tech Transfer Patent Counsel in Orange County
mjIP works with university researchers, faculty founders, and tech transfer teams to move academic inventions toward protected, licensable IP. Located in Irvine, at the center of the Orange County biotech corridor near UCI, the firm brings a life-sciences background to invention disclosures in biology, chemistry, and engineering — part of its patent services.
How We Support Academic Innovation
- Reviewing invention disclosures and assessing patentability
- Managing public-disclosure and publication timing to preserve rights
- Drafting and prosecuting applications on university inventions
- Supporting licensing and spin-out companies with a clean IP foundation
- Coordinating with technology transfer offices and co-inventors
Publication Timing Is the Critical Issue
For researchers, the biggest risk to patent rights is publishing or presenting before filing. mjIP helps labs plan filings around conferences, papers, and grant milestones so a priority date is secured before disclosure.
Rooted in the OC Biotech Corridor
Proximity to UCI and the surrounding life-sciences community means mjIP understands the research-to-commercialization path and can work directly with faculty inventors nearby. Many spin-outs also need a biotech patent attorney as they scale.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
In the U.S., a filing within one year of your own disclosure may still be possible, but foreign rights are often lost at publication. The safest step is to file at least a provisional application before you publish or present.
Ownership usually depends on university policy and funding agreements. mjIP coordinates with your technology transfer office and co-inventors to keep the chain of rights clean.
Yes. mjIP supports faculty founders and spin-out companies with the patent foundation needed for licensing and investment.