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

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

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)

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)

7 Enhancing tech transfer – IP management and tech transfer services Patentability assessment  Best practice: pre-screening of inventions (Hungarian IP Office)

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

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...

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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