Third-Party Inventions
Your team may choose to bring on a third-party invention into the challenge instead of using one of the provided challenge inventions. Please keep in mind the rules and additional criteria below when choosing your invention.
FAQ for Third-Party Inventions (exceptions will be made if appropriate):
FAQ for Third-Party Inventions (exceptions will be made if appropriate):
- Scope of the Challenge: Third-party inventions must in some way address veteran's health
- Licensing: The third-party invention must be available to your team for licensing
- Patent Protection: For any therapeutic, vaccine, diagnostic, or device, there must be some kind of patent protection
- Stage: The Challenge expects any third-party inventions to at least have a valid proof-of-concept or be in a pre-IND stage
