Abstract: An online, and therefore virtual, technology transfer office accessible by multiple inventive entities is provided. The systems and methods of the invention provide a comprehensive interface to a remote application that collects information related to inventions, ranks the inventions, solicits approval for pursuing intellectual property protection, funding, financing, commercializing or otherwise exploiting the invention, solicits bids from a stable of service providers, manages the award of contracts to provide services, facilitates collaboration between users internal and external to the inventive entities and between different entities, implements security protocols, and reports government funded inventions to the appropriate regulatory agencies, and manages intellectual property portfolios. Each inventive entity may specify the level of control to be retained to utilize the virtual technology office application as a supplement for or as a substitute for full time technology transfer personnel.

Abstract: A Virtual technology transfer Office and method for a) accessing a secure on-line system for entering, retrieving, displaying, editing, storing and printing technology transfer and intellectual property information; b) utilizing voice commands or manually entered numeric, alpha or alphanumeric characters to navigate through the an on-line electronic interactive environment. c) Performing instantaneous on-line searching, ranking and scoring of invention disclosure based on relevant prior art; d) working on the internet or on-line meeting place alone or with others.