The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the need to intensify innovation activity at domestic industrial enterprises to ensure accelerated technological sovereignty.The research hypothesis is that service design will ensure an accelerated reduction of the gap between the level of methodological support for a university student in the field of industrial engineering creativity (including inventive activity) and the needs of modern industrial enterprises focused on innovative development.The purpose of the article is to present the results of the technological design of a service to ensure the inventive activity of students at the university. To achieve the goal, the following tasks have been set in the article: a step-by-step algorithm for the process of filing a patent application has been developed and the possibilities of its automation using the service have been assessed; the main functions of the service are formulated; Qualification requirements for the service development team have been identified and structured in the form of necessary knowledge, skills and practical experience.The presented results will allow the development of a service to support the inventive activities of university students and other novice inventors.