University College Dublin has racked up a number of firsts, including creating Ireland’s first spinout unicorn, Wayflyer. Tom Flanagan, director of enterprise and commercialisation at the university’s innovation office NovaUCD gives us the insider view on how the ecommerce company was born.

In May 2022, over 160 knowledge transfer professionals from across Europe joined this meeting organised by ASTP's Europe Committee. Key speakers from European institutions to share and update the community on their current knowledge transfer related activities.

Read more as the European Commission shares their Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025, which sets out the Commission’s broader commitment to equality across all EU policies.

This new handbook offers insights, best practices and advice for leaders in cities and universities that want to go beyond “ad hoc” projects and take the next step towards a strategic and sustainable partnership. It identifies promising avenues, but also barriers and pitfalls and how to avoid…

The intention to create a space for key speakers from European institutions to share and update the community on their current knowledge transfer related activities was realised in the 4-hour meeting, defined by content rich presentations and simulating audience questions.

Hosted by ZonMw, this page provides guidance on how to set these agreements out properly and what to look out for. This information is intended as an aid in establishing (collaboration) agreements; no rights can be derived from this.

The self-assessment tool developed by the BOSS project anticipates all those issues that a student, researcher or entrepreneur will face while transforming an idea to a business opportunity.

?Written by Tom Hockaday, Technology Transfer Innovation, this article describes in outline the three ways that people in TT can think about EDI (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) activities.

Released by the EPO and the EUIPO, this study shows that companies which own at least one patent, registered design or trade mark generate on average 20% higher revenues per employee than companies which do not own any of those intellectual property rights (IPRs).

This infographic was published in December 2020 with a high-level overview of the COVID-19 survey responses.

The World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 report covers 2019 data, predating the human and economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. What this year’s WIPI documents, however, is a strong foundation of IP activity that will serve as a base for new advancements as the pandemic subsides.

Valorisation of scientific results Patent commercialisation scoreboard: European universities and PROs”, finds that licensing is by far the preferred channel of commercialisation (accounting for 70% of the commercialisation of inventions), followed by R&D co-operation (14%) and the sale of…

Technology Transfer: commercialising discoveries at Research Centres through linked innovation. Best practices on how to commercialise research discoveries.

“You don’t have to make all the mistakes yourself” - this September’s raft of ASTP-Proton training courses are lining up to make a real impact on the professional development and network community of the participants.

This White Paper summarizes the reflections and discussions during the meetings of the Advisory Board of the EU FP7 project Entente (HEALTH-F1- 2012-305128 )

The path from understanding a disease to bringing a safe and effective new treatment to patients is lengthy and complex. Scientists work to piece together the basic causes of disease at the level of genes, proteins and cells.

The handbook on Responsible Partnering provides guidelines aiming at improving strategic collaboration and knowledge exchange between companies and publicly-funded research organizations.

Human biobanks and genetic research databases which bring together and allow the sharing of human biological material and information derived from its analysis, are a key element of the scientific infrastructure underpinning such research.

This document presents the guidelines for entering into research agreements with private companies, which have been adopted by the Danish teaching hospitals.

Biotechnology and genetics research have been the subject of extensive investment by both the public and private sectors, with the resulting products and processes making a significant and increasing contribution to human health and health care.

At the moment an invention is disclosed to the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), the totality of information needed for assessing the invention and possibly filing a patent is often distributed over several persons.

The ResearchInno database: in partnership with Crunchbase, it aggregates 780,000+ companies, 29,000+ investors, 3,100+ programs and 9,900+ institutes in EU and the US

Many universities have rushed to create technology transfer offices (TTOs) without proper structures, funding or expertise. Disappointed, after four or five years, they give up before the benefits start to flow.

This free IP Teaching Kit of the EPO provides academic teaching staff with a unique collection of PowerPoint slides, speaking notes and background information on all the main types of intellectual property (IP).

The Lambert Toolkit has been prepared by the Lambert Working Group on Intellectual Property for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects with each other.

The Research and Innovation Services of the University of Dundee has developed incoming and outgoing MTA forms that researchers need to fill out in order to make sure that the technology transfer services are well informed when processing the MTA’s.

Money has no smell. However, within the market there are different types of venture capitalist, which vary in terms of amount of capital invested per participation, management style and objectives, requirements with respect to the company management team, etc.

Many different aspects determine whether a start-up company is a success. Furthermore, the perception of success depends on the point of view and the particular involvement of the party assessing the success.

Faculty and staff involvement in a start-up company (a newly-formed, privately-held, for-profit company) based on their own research and intellectual property creates opportunities for development and commercialization of inventions.

This presentation provides an overview of the elements to consider while a start-up project moves towards incorporation in order to minimize the risk of failure.

This presentation provides an overview of the elements generally considered by each of the parties involved in the discussion on the relative value of the transferred intellectual property and know how at the time of the incorporation of a start-up company.

This document is interesting reference document for those involved in negotiating and drafting agreements governing collaborations between research institutes.

More and more innovation is driven by research collaborations between different entities. Within the context of globalized economy, these research and innovation collaborations are becoming increasingly internationalised.

Though the scale and substance of collaborations varies, a basic understanding of intellectual property rights (IPR) within the Chinese context may help to maximize the success of joint cooperation.

Samples of human biological material are used for many purposes and are of increasing importance as the funders of research, whether public, charitable or commercial, prioritise areas which rely upon access to human biological samples.

PROvendis has its origins in the innovation consulting firm Zenit GmbH. Founded in 1984, ZENIT is a Public Private Partnership owned by the State of North Rhine- Westphalia, a consortium of banks and an association comprising some 180 enterprises.

The IOCB Technology Transfer Office s.r.o (IOCB TTO) is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of IOCB and a leading technology transfer office in the Czech Republic in the field of pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology research and development.

Founded in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the LifeScience Foundation, Ascenion is a technology transfer company focusing on the field of life sciences. It currently serves a total of 23 research institutes and university hospitals all over Germany.

In order to assist its researchers in providing this information, KU Leuven Research & Development (technology transfer office of KU Leuven) has developed a mandatory Patent Inventor Form.

This document starts from the observation that in tandem with rapid advances in biotechnology research having valuable applications for use in healthcare the Canadian technology transfer activity has grown significantly.

While the IP Office recognizes that the specifics of any start-up company development may be unique, it has identified a number of common elements and the IP Office has developed standard mechanisms and support structures to assist with this process.

This UNICO Practical Guide covers a selection of topics that are relevant to the management of technology transfer (TT) agreements and relationships.

The development of life science technologies typically involve long timelines and stringent regulatory hurdles, which in combination result in a high investment capital need. In contrast, the financial and societal reward can be tremendous in case of success.

The TTO of Polytechnic of Milan is one of the first technology transfer offices established in Italy and is among the founding members of the Netval (TTO Network of the Italian universities).

Ever since General Electric built the first industrial lab in 1900, research and development has been a highly secretive affair. Security protocols have been regarded almost as important as scientific ones. Industrial espionage has often been pursued as zealously as the political variety.

Identifying cutting-edge technology is simply the first step of technology scouting. The key to effective tech scouting is to capture the right opportunity at the right time. We assembled a list of five tactics to help you streamline your process.

We know you don’t need convincing about the benefits of industry collaboration, so it’s less a question of if, and rather more about how to find the right partner and negotiate a good deal.

The kind of information you expose yourself to shapes your personal and professional development. So as someone who wants to be knowledgable about clinical trials, I regularly read blogs of clinical trial experts (among other things).

With abcdeSIM, health professionals can practice emergency training in different lifelike patient scenarios without putting patients at risk.

We are all familiar with the traditional “ funnel” model of technology transfer. On paper, this model looks deceptively simple.

In the technology transfer profession, we are mostly dependent on public funding and political decisions. As a result, we have the urge to have a high need for stability and durable recognition.

After decades of research, scientists have discovered a drug that engages the immune system to fight B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare and aggressive type of cancer.

This diagnostic tool provides images of both the front and back surfaces of the cornea for a more accurate picture to guide medical procedures.

As many academic institutions begin a new fiscal year, let’s take a moment to celebrate the end of an era in academic technology transfer (TT).

UK’s top supplier of disinfectant wipes partnered with Cardiff University to produce clinical proof that a sporicidal wipe can kill the resilient bacterium, Clostridium Difficile. Their award winning partnership has yielded more positive outcomes than they hoped for.

By definition, it is a practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.

The University of Leuven has created a three-minute self-screening method for discovering hearing problems, which is now being used in schools and offices.

Entrepreneurship for Physicists: A Practical Guide to Move Ideas from University to Market offers a concise analysis of the key ingredients that enable entrepreneurs to bring added value to their customers.

Seeing the company I founded sell for a huge amount of money while personally making very little from it is, of course, frustrating.

Gene therapy used to be a far-off idea in the medical world, but with the trailblazing approval of the world’s first gene therapy product, Glybera, a normal life may no longer be a dream for patients with genetic illnesses.

With the 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D blood tests manufactured by IDS, doctors and patients have an additional tool to diagnose and manage CKD.

ASTP-Proton President, Henric Rhedin offers you a warm welcome to join us in Guimarães for the 2017 Fall Meeting, 22-24 November.

The Venture Capital business is full of great firms that were founded by entrepreneurs/operators who became investors mid/late career.

Picture this… It’s 8am. You take your first sip of coffee, ready to start your day. You check your email and… You find out your latest grant application didn’t get funded. Bummer.

Additive manufacturing technology has opened up possibilities for the production of medical products that can change the way reconstructive medicine is done all over the world.

So here is a list we’ve put together to ensure that the most important aspects of license negotiations stay front and center.

Becoming a skilled negotiator is achievable, regardless of personality type.

Gathering and analyzing market data may be at the heart of developing the technology transfer strategy, but its value is not limited to the go/no-go decision and planning how to move forward.

Technology transfer is a bridge that connects academic research and industrial use. Still, the connection is a relatively new and tenuous one.

Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin: We celebrate these entrepreneurs for their successes, and often equally extol the venture capitalists who backed their start-ups and share in their glory.

The efficiency of drug delivery to the lungs depends on various parameters, some of which are influenced by the inhalation system being utilised.

‘Technology Transfer Associate?’ the border agent will typically ask, scanning my landing card. ‘What do you actually do?’ and ‘Does such a job actually exist?’

Technology transfer is an exciting and growing field, but there is naturally a great variety in maturity of operations, both between countries and individual institutions.

Finally, a research programme at the University of Manchester put together evidence-based skills training to equip people to detect and address suicidal tendencies.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vital to the European economy and account for a massive 99% of all businesses in the EU.

Author of this blog, Tom Flanagan is Director of Enterprise and Commercialisation at NovaUCD University College Dublin and a member of ASTP’s Professional Development Committee.

At the Cambridge Postdoc Enterprise Competition grand finale on 27 October the quality of the finalists’ pitches was vital to their chances of success.

In designing new products and services, companies consider licensing technology as a means of getting to market quickly while reducing risk as well as the expenditure associated with the development stage.

In a perfect world of licensing, TTOs may dream of a discovery licensed to a medical company, which continues developing it until it has established proof-of-concept in humans.

Open innovation asserts that a company or organization should make greater use of external ideas in its business and allow its own ideas to go out beyond its own boundaries to others to use in their businesses

Traditional imaging techniques used to be a bane to patients concerned about their long-term health and finances. With the patented microfluidic technique introduced by Tide Microfluidics in medical imaging, such issues may finally be a thing of the past.

Technology licensing is an activity where the owner of a patent (the licensor) allows another party (the licensee) the rights to use, adapt and commercialize that patent in exchange for compensation.

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Technology licensing is an activity where the owner of a patent (the licensor) allows another party (the licensee) the rights to use, adapt and commercialize that patent in exchange for compensation.

Women remain under-represented in science and business including in the creation and operation of spin-off companies from public research institutions.

Economic theories of the market and public goods in the evaluation and method for HEIF.

On May 31st, ASTP-Proton’s seventeenth Annual Conference will kick off in Budapest and now it is time to reflect on how far our organisation has come and what lies ahead.

Have you ever wondered if you (or your research team) ever invent something that has direct translational value what steps will be necessary to actually bring it out in the market?

ASTP Board member, since 2019, Alessandra Baccigotti examines the 'buzz' around Open Science, Open Access, Open Data, Open Source, Open Innovation

The European Commission recognises that SME economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration are critical factors in the continued success of the sector and seek to better integrate and serve the needs of the SME.

The Otaniemi International Innovation Centre was primarily focused on patenting activities and licensing technologies to medium and large companies, and not very much to smaller companies.

UU Innovation (UUI) is Uppsala University’s technology transfer office with a staff of 27 and founded in 2008. The activities of UU Innovation are largely based on the work of the university´s holding company, UUAB Holding.

The University of Liege ranks among the 10% best universities in the world, considering the World University QS Ranking and among the 20% best universities according to the Academic Ranking of World universities.

The Innovation Exchange Amsterdam is a collaborative technology transfer office formed in 2014 with around 40 employees for the AMC, UvA, HvA, VU, VUmc.

UGent TechTransfer is the central Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of Ghent University. It was established in 1998. The UGent TechTransfer has a team of about 30 people with broad industry experience.

The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at SDU was established in 2006 as an internal unit within the university to manage and drive the commercialisation of novel research results.

Cambridge Enterprise was established as an external Technology Transfer Office (TTO) by the University of Cambridge in 2006 to help students and academics form and fund spin-out companies, bring new ideas to market, and transfer university expertise to industry and government.

University College Dublin (UCD) is Ireland’s largest university with over 30,000 students and around 1,500 academic employers. It has its origins in the Catholic University of Ireland in 1854. The university consists of seven colleges which represent the full spectrum of academic sciences.

Cracow University of Economics is a public university of economics in Poland founded 1925 with 20,000 students enrolled. The Science and Economy Project started in October 2008 and ended in the end of 2011.

Established in 1870, RWTH Aachen University is the largest university of technology in Germany. The University’s 9 faculties are composed of 260 institutes. RWTH Aachen has more than 42,000 students registered for 144 course programmes.

Imperial Innovations was founded in 1986 as the technology transfer office for Imperial College London. In 1997, the group became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Imperial College London.

TecMinho was established in 1990 as a private non- profit association to promote the University’s connection to society and contribute to regional development by supporting the transfer of knowledge and technologies created at the University into application.

TU/e Innovation Lab is the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for TU/e, Eindhoven University of Technology founded in 1956 - a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.

Max Planck Innovation brings patents and technologies to the market and assists founders in setting up new companies based on the research results of the Max Planck Society.

The BTO team consists of 30 highly skilled and experienced people covering the full range of technology transfer services from securing IP to commercialization activities. A particular focus is on business development and start-up support.

Since its inception in 2003, NTNU-TT has brought together a diverse team of 30 professionals with various backgrounds and expertise in different disciplines including engineering, medicine, natural sciences, social sciences, finance and law.

One of the main challenges faced by the TTO was to organize the partnership between Cardiff University and VC firms in an optimal way.

VSB Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) was founded 1849. It has an academic staff of 670 and 24.000 enrolled students and is a university specialized in mining, engineering, environmental sciences and nano technology.

Established in 1827, KTH Royal Institute of Technology is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. KTH has more than 18,000 students and about 5,000 employees, including nearly 300 professors.

One of the main challenges faced by Unitectra from the moment of its establishment was to effectively manage the provision of technology commercialization services and proof-of-concept funding to multiple universities, hospitals and research institutions.

Founded in 1989, UCL Business plc is the technology transfer company of University College London and several hospitals of the National Hospital System in the UK and has more than 40 employees.

The Technical University Munich (TUM) is one of the biggest Universities of Technology in Germany with 40,000 students enrolled and a staff of 10,000. Core research areas are engineering, natural sciences and medicine but many areas are covered too.

Copenhagen University Hospital is a conglomerate of several hospitals in the region, together with the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. The Hospital has 5 strategic research areas, and a clinical research centre.

The NMBU Technology Transfer (NMBU TTO) was established in 2004 to create value from good ideas and research results from Norwegian Institute of Life Sciences. Unlike many other TTOs in Norway, the TTO at NMBU is an internal unit that belongs to the Research Department.

Linköping University is one of the biggest universities in Sweden with 27,000 students and 3,200 staff, founded in 1975. It provides teaching and research in all major areas.

Part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, The University of Manchester is the largest single-site university in the UK, with a student community of nearly 40,000.

The Polytechnic University of Valencia is a Spanish University focused on Science and Technology. As a University, it was founded in 1971. Nowadays, it has 40,000 students enrolled and an academic staff of 2,600.

The High-Tech Gründerfonds (henceforth HTGF) is a public-private venture capital investment company founded in 2005 and based in Bonn. HTGF is an early stage seed investor that primarily focuses on high potential high-technology start-ups.

Founded in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the LifeScience Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research, Ascenion is a technology transfer company focusing on the field of life sciences.

Lund University is the second oldest university in Sweden, founded in 1666. With nearly 50,000 students and a staff of 7,500 it is also the biggest, covering every field of academic research.

The University of Manchester Intellectual Property (UMIP) was established in 2004 as the University’s agent for intellectual property management and commercialisation.

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