- NC State's Technology Transfer Office provides forms and FAQs about the process for the NC State community of faculty, staff and students at their website on Inventor Resources:
http://research.ncsu.edu/ott/ - The USPTO offers a diagram overview of the Process for Obtaining a Utility Patent:
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp - You may also find it useful to take a look at MIT's Inventors's Handbook online:
http://web.mit.edu/invent/h-chapters/h-six.html
