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Enhancing technology transfer by collaboration with patent offices
International conference on managing IP in universities
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Thomas BereuterAcademia & Business
European Patent Academy 23 May 2013
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New university mission
Manage traditional KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
publications, lectures, conferences, sharing of
research materials, exchange of researchers and
students,…
Manage IP & Generate VALUE sponsored research
cooperative R&D
licensing technology
start-ups & spin offs
resources for R&D & reputation
Education InnovationResearch
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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
Raising IP awareness Developing IP strategies/policies and IPR management
Best practice: guides (UK IP Office)
Improving the quality and number of patents
Best practice: laboratory notebooks
(French IP Office & Réseau C.U.R.I.E.)
Recognising and rewarding researchers
Good idea: Innovation indicator
(French Observatoire des Sciences &
Techniques)
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Enhancing tech transfer – educational and teaching tools
IP open days
Best practice: regular presence of staff
from the Portuguese IP Office on campuses
Social networking tools
Best practice: Twitter account of the
Portuguese IP Office, bringing together
junior researchers, entrepreneurs and
investors
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
Education & training arm of the EPO
Mission– Promoting and supporting education and training in patent-
related IP– Ensuring equal access to training opportunities– Contributing to Europe's innovation capacity
Audience of Academia & Business unit– Universities and research centres– Businesses and SMEs
Strategy: Supporting multipliers like TTOs
Implementation of strategy: TTO support
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
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...
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Implementation of strategy: TTO support (cont`d)
Awareness creation– European Inventor Award– EPO Innovation Contest for students
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,…
European Patent Academy
www.epo.org/learning
