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Enhancing technology transfer by collaboration with patent offices International conference on managing IP in universities 1 Thomas Bereuter Academia & Business European Patent Academy 23 May 2013
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2 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 EducationInnovationResearch
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3 Mission of NPOs & EPO Support innovation by Patent procedure Patent information Patent training services European Patent Network
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5 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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6 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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7 Enhancing tech transfer – IP management and tech transfer services Patentability assessment Best practice: pre-screening of inventions (Hungarian IP Office)
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8 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
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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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10 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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11 Thank you for your attention! Contact: ordering the tech transfer report,…… academy@epo.org European Patent Academy www.epo.org/learning
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