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Outside Submissions
Below is an explanation on how to submit an idea, suggestion, new concept, or
invention to Xerox Corporation.
Each year, many people and companies contact us to consider their ideas. In
order to establish a business-like arrangement between our company and
submitters, the procedure outlined here has been established. Please read and
carefully follow these guidelines. Your cooperation will help us in evaluating
your submission.
Xerox encourages and welcomes...
XEROX ENCOURAGES AND WELCOMES unsolicited ideas and suggestions. We are pleased
to have the opportunity to review new inventions and/or patents. However, with
our continuing research in many fields, our existing patents, and a steady flow
of scientific information from many sources, it is possible that your
submission may duplicate an idea we are already pursuing independently.
Therefore…
Please protect your interest...
PLEASE PROTECT YOUR INTEREST in whatever you submit before sending it to us.
The best method of doing this should be determined in consultation with your
attorney and may involve patent protection. Having an issued patent or a
published patent application describing your concept will help to expedite the
submission evaluation process.
By policy, Xerox requires that you complete our standard non-confidential
disclosure Agreement if your submission includes anything other than issued
patents. This Agreement states clearly that no confidential relationship or
obligation of secrecy is created between the submitter and Xerox Corporation by
the submission and its consideration by our company.
Xerox policy requires all submissions be only in writing (including figures,
pictures, and drawings). Xerox by policy does not have face-to-face meetings
with submitters or their representatives in evaluating unsolicited submissions.
Xerox Corporation cannot, when replying to the submitter, reveal its own
developments whether current or completed, covered by patent application or
otherwise. Xerox will consider submissions only so far as, in our judgment,
they require consideration; we assume no obligation, implied or expressed, to
provide any details about our evaluation of your submission. Often we will only
indicate whether or not we have any further interest.
To begin...
To begin the Outside Submissions process, please read and complete the
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