According to the USPTO website, intellectual property (IP) are: "Creations of the mind—creative works or ideas embodied in a form that can be shared or can enable others to recreate, emulate, or manufacture them. There are four ways to protect intellectual property: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and/or trade secrets." One of the important points in this definition is the idea of embodiment. Your intellectual property must be more than an idea.
You can read more about the types of intellectual property on this page. Please reach out to the PTRC Representatives if you have further questions or need help navigating resources. We can be contacted by email at lib-ptrc@osu.edu.
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