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IMPACT
Innovation process
Scientific knowledge
Change that brings value and benefit in society
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Any ideas or patents around?
Sorry, no ideas or inventions at the moment, too busy interpreting the data I got from the computer algorithm I wrote that runs the measuring equipment I designed during lunch break
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Perhaps no ideas… but many intellectual assets
Inventions
Software
Methods
Data
Designs
Models
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Assets in a research group
Do you know what assets you have and how to use them to reach your goals?
Financial
Grants
Awards …
Tangible
Material
Instruments
Intangible
People
Relations
Intellectual assets
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6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS Today’s focus!
Human resources – ”Who and what we are.”
Relational assets – ”Who we know and how we are known.”
Today’s focus!
Intellectual assets – ”Things we know and can transfer.”
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What is an ”Intellectual Asset”?
Def. ”An objectifiable intangible asset.”
Defined
Documented
Transferable
”Knowledge”
Idea
Solution
Know-how …
Intellectual assets form the basis for intellectual property!
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Ideas, solutions etc. codified as:
Manuscripts
Documentation
Data …
Patent
Copyright
Trade Mark
Open source license
Creative Commons license …
Model
Data Set
Design
Invention
Method
Software
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Categories of intellectual assets
Invention
Data
Method
Software
Model
Design
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Model
Invention
Data Set
Method
Software
Model
Design
Definition:
A systematisation or taxonomy that can be used for description or analysis.
Examples:
statistical model,
model organism,
taxonomy for species,
taxonomy for learning styles,
conceptual model,
theory and limitations or boundary conditions,
computer architecture…
Canine
Jackal
Fox
Dog
Wolf
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Method
Invention
Data Set
Method
Software
Model
Design
Definition:
A structured, well-defined way of working that creates a relationship between a set of inputs and a well-defined result, and that can be described in one or more deterministic sub-steps.
Examples:
a way of working to gather data,
a method for extracting substances,
a production method,
an algorithm,
a method for cooperation,
a process for managing materials or equipment,
a teaching method,
an advisory method,
a way of setting up a test…
Mix dry stuff
Add eggs
Stir a lot
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Data set
Invention
Data Set
Method
Software
Model
Design
Definition:
A set of related data points.
Examples:
survey results,
measurements from sensors,
interview answers,
results from different experiments,
simulation data,
patient data,
literature compilation…
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Invention
Invention
Data Set
Method
Software
Model
Design
Definition:
Device or method to solve a given problem.
Examples:
material,
algorithm,
tool,
instrument,
cell-line,
animal strain…
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Software
Invention
Data Set
Method
Software
Model
Design
Definition:
Software
Examples:
program made for analysis of data,
simulation,
control systems,
benchmarking systems…
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Design
Invention
Data Set
Method
Software
Model
Design
Definition:
A construction that can be represented or described by for example a drawing or other visualisation.
Examples:
shaping of a keel for a boat,
pattern for a fabric,
artwork,
music,
sheet profile,
user interface,
programming language …
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Exercise: IAI Bingo
Listen to the story.
When you hear an intellectual asset that has not been mentioned before, put a mark in a square below indicating the category the asset belongs to.
When you have four (4) marks in a row (vertically, horizontally or diagonally) shout BINGO!
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Utilisation process
Intellectual assets
Use
Target group
Innovation process
Need
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An intellectual asset – which is not hypothetical…
Intellectual asset
Use
Target group
Innovation process
Need
Invention
Data
Method
Software
Model
Design
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…create use...
Use IA
Innovation process
Target group
Need
What advantages? Faster? Funnier? Higher?
How does it become better? Why?
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…that fulfills a need...
Target group IA
Use
Innovation process
Need
What opportunintes?
Does it solve a problem?
How big is the problem?
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… for someone...
Target group
Individuals/
Organisations
Need IA
Use
Innovation process
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… in the following way IA
Innovation process
Use
Target group
Need
Packaging
Partners
Financing
Key resources
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Utilisation hypothesis
Opportunity
Problem
Intellectual asset
Nytta
Use
Målgrupp
Target group
Innovation process
Need
Packaging
Partners
Financing
Key resources
Invention
Data
Method
Software
Modll
Design
Advantages
Improvements
Individuals
Organisations
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IAI: Inventory structure
Name
Owner
Relation
Description
Type
Utilisation
Uniqueness
Maturity level
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Identification of IA
A. Start with recapping the projects purpose and goal.
Goal/
Purpose
Background
Event
Asset
Result
Description
C. During the project, which new assets were created? Work with the timeline and identify events that generated new assets.
B. At the start of the project, which key resources existed already in terms of intellectual assets? (background)
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Characterisation of IA
Look for connections!
Who is the owner?
Make a hypothesis for utilisation.
Start to think about IP.
Foot length
Height
Data
Laser
SEM
Method
Shoe size = k/ * Foot length
Model
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Utilisation of IA
Choose the assets that you want to actively work with.
Are there any assets that are relatively easy to utilise? How? Who should do what and when?
Hint: Speak with an innovation advisor about opportunities for financing for verification of these assets
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