Transcript Enhancing technology transfer at universities through

Enhancing technology transfer
by collaboration with patent offices
International conference on managing IP in universities
Thomas Bereuter
Academia & Business
European Patent Academy
23 May 2013
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New university mission
Manage IP & Generate VALUE sponsored research
cooperative R&D
licensing technology
start-ups & spin offs
 resources for R&D & reputation
Education
Research
Innovation
Manage traditional KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
publications, lectures, conferences, sharing of
research materials, exchange of researchers and
students,…
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Mission of NPOs & EPO
Support innovation by
 Patent procedure
 Patent information
 Patent training services
 European Patent Network
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Enhancing tech transfer - major challenges
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Raising IP awareness
Developing IP strategies/policies and IPR management
 Best practice: guides (UK IP Office)
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Improving the quality and number of patents
 Best practice: laboratory notebooks
(French IP Office & Réseau C.U.R.I.E.)
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Recognising and rewarding researchers
 Good idea: Innovation indicator
(French Observatoire des Sciences &
Techniques)
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Enhancing tech transfer –
educational and teaching tools
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IP open days
 Best practice: regular presence of staff
from the Portuguese IP Office on campuses
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Social networking tools
 Best practice: Twitter account of the
Portuguese IP Office, bringing together
junior researchers, entrepreneurs and
investors
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Guidelines for business partnerships
 Best practice: The Lambert Review tool
kit on business-university collaborations,
(UK IP Office)
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Enhancing tech transfer –
IP management and tech transfer services
Patentability assessment
 Best practice: pre-screening of
inventions (Hungarian IP Office)
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Role of the European Patent Academy
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Education & training arm of the EPO
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Mission
– Promoting and supporting education and training in patentrelated IP
– Ensuring equal access to training opportunities
– Contributing to Europe's innovation capacity
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Audience of Academia & Business unit
– Universities and research centres
– Businesses and SMEs
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Strategy: Supporting multipliers like TTOs
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Implementation of strategy: TTO support
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IP teaching & training
– Train-the-trainer seminars
– Patent & new IP Teaching Kit
– Inventors' handbook
– IP course design manual  IP curriculum
– Case studies issue in California Management Review
– eLearning
– Pan-European dissemination projects (e.g. TPI, national road map)
– Conferences like „Creating markets from research results“ IP Strategy
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IP training for researchers
Cooperation with universities, European Commission (Marie Curie fellows,
EEN, IPR-Helpdesk...), trade associations, chambers of commerce,...
 study visits, workshops, seminars, summer schools...
Implementation of strategy: TTO support (cont`d)
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Awareness creation
– European Inventor Award
– EPO Innovation Contest for students
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Software tools and content
– Espacenet - worldwide patent document database
– Patent Translate - machine translation service (Google)
– IPscore - patent portfolio management tool
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Thank you for your attention!
Contact: ordering the tech transfer report,…
[email protected]
European Patent Academy
www.epo.org/learning
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