1. Polimi Case study: Procedures, tools, facts & Figures
Unchain Tempus project
Milano Training workshop WP3
TTO Organization and TTO manager Profession
Polimi Case study: Procedures, tools, facts & Figures
Giuseppe Conti
Head – Technology Tansfer Office

2. Summary: Polimi Case study
Activities & Procedures
Tools
Facts & Figures

3. Traditionally the Italian University System
BOUNDS and NEEDS
Traditionally the Italian University System
doesn’t know the IPRs procedures
doesn’t have an IPR strategy
doesn’t have a patent portofolio
can’t exploit directly the patents

4. FIRST SOLUTIONS
To raise awareness on IPR procedures within the university
To identify incentives for boosting patent activity
(quick evaluation, financial incentives)
To identify goals of TT acitivities
(patent as a tools, to establish deep link with indutries, to make money)
To assign role and liability to the TTOffice
To focus on exploitation strategies
(licensing, research contract, spin off)
To establish the new professionality of IP manager
To distinguish universities peculiarities
(size, typology, sector of excellence)

5. TTO mission
To promote protection and exploitation of the University research,
To play a role in the relationships between University and Industry,
To make possible the industrial applications of innovation also through the entrepreneurship promotion and support
To improve the excellence of the University,
To attract students and outstanding Scientists
To attract research funds from Companies

6. Technology Transfer Business Units
Training
Intellect. property
&
Licensing
IP within
research contracts
Technology
Transfer
Office
National & intern.
projects
Spin-off
creation
Networking

7. Contract research negotiation
TTO Functional model
Basic Research
Research contracts
Development contracts
I P
I.P. Protection
Scientific Publications
IPR
Spin-off
Incubation
Fund raising
Contract research negotiation
I.P.R Licensing
Marketing
negotiation
contract
Marketing
negotiation - IP
Giuseppe Conti 2006 ©

8. Main activities INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS and LICENSING
Research on novelty
Disclosure Form management & Invenction Selection
Research on potential licensees
Patent negotiation
IP Research contract management
SPIN-OFF
Support for Business Plan preparation
Entrepreneurial ideas evaluation
Management of Internal Selectionn Committee
Support for regulations establishment
Support for setting up equity and management with shareholders
NETWORKING
Netval & Proton Europe

9. no no yes yes POLITECNICO PATENT MODEL IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA inventors
Analysis of the potential market
Analysis of the potential market
Patent request
Patent request
Novelty search
Novelty search
inventors
inventors
inventors
IDEA
IDEA
IDEA
IDEA
inventors
inventors
inventors
Technical committee (national)
Technical committee (national) no no
Rectoral committee (international)
Rectoral committee (international)
Monitoring of research activities
Monitoring of research activities
Inventors advising
Inventors advising
yes
yes
45d 8m
60%
research
reserach
Patent attorney
Patent attorney
Patent attorney
Sell
Sell
Business contact
Business contact
money
money
License
License
Commercial exploitation
Commercial exploitation
Spin-off
Spin-off

10. Summary: Polimi Case study
Activities & Procedures
Tools: Disclosure Form
Facts & Figures 10

11. Summary: Polimi Case study
Activities & Procedures
Tools
Facts & Figures 11

12. Main TTO results & indicators (2009). [11 people - 8
Main TTO results & indicators (2009) [11 people full time equivalents]
352 Consultancy cases
59 Internal patent requests (21 patent application filed)
41 New priority patent applications
31 TT Agreements (12 license agreements)
760 k€ TT Agreement revenues
244 Active inventions (patent families) belonging to the patent portfolio (391 active patent applications)
132 Granted patents
140 TT Agreements (67 license agreements)
> 3 M€ TT Agreement revenues
18 spin-off companies (revenue > M€)
2009
CUMULATIVE

13. Patent Applications from Free/Cooperative Research
Priority applications per year
Patent applications from free research
Patent Applications from Free/Cooperative Research
Patent applications from cooperative research

14. Patent portfolio (cumulative)
Inventions & Patents
Inventions
Patent Applications
Granted Patents

15. Cumulative Licence Number Exploited Invenctions
License agreements (cumulative)
Cumulative Licence Number
Exploited Invenctions
Cumulative License Number
Exploited Inventions (Cumul.)

16. University patent portfolio - the Italian scenario
patent portfolio (I+USPTO+EPO) (number of universities in circle)
patent portfolio (I+USPTO+EPO) (first 5 universities)
354
187
669
380
740
433
1095
485
1545
731
1746
807
300
600
900
1200
1500
1800
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 23 30 28 39 42 46
Polimi: 307
Netval annual report 2008

17. University license agreements - the Italian scenario
licences (number of universities in circle)
licences (first 5 universities) 28 18 69 43
100 59
153 89
224
127
301
160 50
150
200
250
300
350
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 10 14 17 22
Polimi: 44
Netval annual report 2008

18. Politecnico di Milano Spin-off Companies
Ti.Ve.T

19. Politecnico di Milano Spin-off Companies