Frequently Asked Questions

To ensure your user experience runs smoothly and is managed in a consistent and timely manner, Haleon has engaged a third party, yet2, to help run its innovation portal. The reasons for using a third party portal are threefold. First, Haleon wants to ensure that all submitter responses are reviewed and dealt with in a consistent and timely manner. Second, Haleon understands that solutions can be provided by a variety of people, some that may require support in describing the solution in a way that enables more clarity on how it solves a need. yet2 has significant experience working in this area and is able to facilitate the process for ensuring best chance of success. Third, ensuring only non-confidential information is received is important for protecting your IP position as well as Haleon's. Haleon may be developing similar concepts, so sharing only non-confidential information eliminates the risk of jeopardizing Haleon ongoing research programs, projects and developing concepts. yet2 can help act as a gatekeeper to prevent Haleon from receiving confidential information. This portal is the only route that ideas submitted to Haleon will be accepted. Haleon will not consider any submissions outside the portal. Haleon does not accept ideas submitted to Haleon outside of the portal, and any such non-portal submissions are considered non-confidential in the absence of a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA).

When you submit an idea through this Idea Submission Portal, you will be asked to complete an “Open Innovation Submission Form” including your contact details, a non-confidential overview of your solution and your agreement to the Terms and Conditions of submission and the Privacy Notice. On behalf of Haleon, yet2 will review your details and evaluate the solution within the portal to ensure it is sufficiently complete and in line with Haleon's interests and priorities.

Contact information is essential for us to follow up on your idea. The submission form must also provide an overview of the proposed solution, with the understanding that your submission will not be treated as confidential. You only need to send us an outline of your proposal at this stage, describing how it works in a general technical sense and what the benefits would be. If you have a published or granted patent, that will normally be a sufficient description, and you can simply provide us with the details of the published patent/application. If a patent has not yet been applied for or is not yet published, certain details of the potential patent could waive confidentiality so any submission and the timing of it should be considered very carefully.

yet2 will review your “Submitter Information Form” in relation to Haleon's current interests and priorities to decide if your solution is a good fit. yet2 will follow up directly with you through the portal to inform you of the status (i.e. the idea is not relevant and will not be taken further, more details required, of interest for further discussion, etc).

yet2 manages a global technology transfer marketplace and has provided open innovation services to large and small companies since 1999. yet2 works with companies small and large supporting their innovation activities through technology acquisition and technology commercialization. yet2 have a dedicated team with a wealth of experience in enabling the sharing of information and articulating technology features and benefits and how that fits to an identified need whilst maintaining confidential technology details. Since 1999, yet2 has created a global wide network of technology transfer partners and formed relationships with technology transfer organizations, technical expert networks, SME networks, online technical communities, technology brokers and multinational companies. Consequently, yet2 has significant experience in how companies acquire and divest technology and understand the best approaches to reviewing technology and identifying its fit to the needs of an organization whilst ensuring adequate protection for each party. Furthermore, yet2 understand the nuances between large companies and smaller technology innovators and successfully manage thousands of introductions for successful partnerships each day.

No, only non-confidential information may be submitted. Throughout the submission process, we ask for only information that imposes no obligations of confidentiality for Haleon or yet2 and does not breach any confidentiality obligations that you as the submitter owe to others. If confidential information is later required, Haleon may negotiate a separate Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) prior to sharing or receipt of any confidential information.

Yes, this is the legally-accepted age for agreeing to terms and conditions for this activity.

On submitting your "Open Innovation Submission Form", you will receive an email confirming your submission has been received, and you will be provided with a unique submission identification number. Contact will then be made within approximately five working days to inform you of the status of your submission. Assuming no additional information is required, and the idea meets Haleon needs, it will then be forwarded to Haleon for their review. Haleon review may take several weeks, at which point they may reach out to you to discuss your idea in greater detail. If the idea is not of interest to Haleon you will be informed of this outcome.

There will be no reward for your initial submission of an idea through this portal. However, if Haleon decides to pursue a submission, they may proceed with a mutually-agreed contract and appropriate commercial terms on a case-by-case basis.

Yes, these are created to protect you and your rights, and avoid impacting upon Haleon's ongoing research programs, projects and developing concepts.

Yes, you will have to go through separate submissions and agree to the Terms and Conditions for each submission.

Ideally, your solution will be protected by granted or published and applied-for patents. However, Haleon are willing to discuss early stage ideas before a patent filing has been made or before it has been published. If you have not filed for any patent protection or the patent application has not been published yet, you should not disclose any information that jeopardizes your rights, and we advise you contact an IP lawyer prior to submission.

Please ensure that you are only using the 8 character alphanumeric reference number to login, do not include the # preceding it. Please also ensure that you are entering O (capital “o”) and 0 (zero) correctly. If that fails, please contact Haleon@yet2.com.