Protect and grow
what’s
made-in-Ontario

Visionary innovation deserves strong protection. Protect and leverage your intellectual property (IP) and unlock its full potential with Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON).

800+

innovators
supported

1,800+

IP assets
protected

$19M+

invested in
protecting
homegrown
innovation

What innovators are saying

  • “IPON has been a great program for us in a number of ways. First, the training has been very good to improve our understanding of IP and the processes. Second, we were exposed to different IP services that we were not aware of and filled in some gaps. Third, the financial support enabled us to really accelerate the implementation of our IP development. I expect that our IP output will be about 3-4x greater this year compared to last year.”

    Dr. Derrick Redding, CEO, Betterfrost Technologies

  • “IPON has been a fundamental resource to ensure that a new startup can develop and protect its IP in an increasingly competitive landscape. Thanks to the support and funding we received, we have been able to leverage legal help to ensure that our patenting strategy is sound and enables us to operate freely into the foreseeable future. This is a high value add to the provincial startup and business ecosystem.”

    Oleksiy Zaika, Co-Founder and CTO, Vessl Prosthetics

  • "The IPON team has a great understanding of a startup company on top of their expertise in IP strategy. This enabled them to effectively provide support, connect us to the mentors, and guide us through the process of establishing a proper IP strategy."

    Dr. Azar Azad, CEO, A.I. VALI

  • “IPON's program has been paramount to our success. We filed national phase IP on USA, Canada, Europe, Japan and Korea and were also able to opportunistically capture further IP in October 2023. IPON is a critical resource for life-science companies in the province and I would highly recommend it to start-ups entering this space.”

    Fergal Kerins, CEO and Founder, PreOperative Performance

What’s new

Snapshot: Menstrual Care Patents

Snapshot: Menstrual Care Patents

IPON now supporting cleantech, agriculture tech and mining tech sectors

IPON now supporting cleantech, agriculture tech and mining tech sectors

Snapshot: Mining Technology Patents

Snapshot: Mining Technology Patents

Ready to protect your innovation?