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Invention Disclosure Maturity Benchmark™
How Mature Is Your Invention Disclosure Process?
Benchmark and score your invention disclosure program across idea capture, disclosure quality, review efficiency, inventor engagement, and portfolio visibility.
What This Benchmark Helps You Evaluate?
Most teams focus on patent filings but overlook the processes that determine whether valuable inventions are captured in the first place. This Invention Disclosure Maturity Benchmark™ template helps innovation leaders, IP counsel, and patent teams assess the health of their invention disclosure process and identify areas for improvement.
Frequently Asked Questions
The benchmark is an Excel-based self-assessment that evaluates the effectiveness of your invention disclosure process across five key dimensions.
Most organizations complete the assessment in 10 minutes.
IP Counsel
Identify gaps that may impact invention quality, review consistency, and IP outcomes.
Innovation Leaders
Understand how effectively your organization captures and develops innovation opportunities.
IP Operations Teams
Evaluate workflow efficiency and uncover opportunities for process improvement.
R&D Leaders
Gain visibility into how inventions move from idea to evaluation.
Yes. The workbook is available as a free resource.
Scores are based on responses across 25 assessment criteria and are grouped into maturity levels ranging from Reactive to Best-in-Class.
No. The benchmark is delivered as a standard Excel workbook.
Assessment Framework
Evaluate your organization across 25 indicators covering:
Idea Capture
Disclosure Quality
Review Efficiency
Inventor Engagement
Portfolio Visibility
Results Dashboard
Automatically calculate:
Maturity Score
Category Scores
Strengths
Improvement Areas
Benchmark Position
Improvement Roadmap
Receive actionable recommendations and next steps based on your assessment results.
- Vendor demos focus on features instead of workflows
- Legacy systems feel too complex and difficult to adopt
- Teams struggle to compare platforms consistently
- Hidden implementation and customization costs
- Poor inventor participation and low adoption rates
- Fragmented innovation and IP processes
- Limited reporting and portfolio visibility
- Difficulty aligning legal, innovation, and business teams