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Polimi Case study: Procedures, tools, facts & Figures
Giuseppe Conti
Head – Technology Tansfer Officewww.polimi.it/tto [email protected]
Unchain Tempus project
Milano Training workshop WP3
TTO Organization and TTO manager Profession
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Summary: Polimi Case study
Activities & Procedures
Tools
Facts & Figures
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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
BOUNDS and NEEDS
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• 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)
FIRST SOLUTIONS
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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
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Technology Transfer Business Units
IP within research contracts
Intellect. property&
LicensingTraining
National & intern.projects
Spin-offcreation
Networking
Technology TransferOffice
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TTO Functional model
Basic Research
Research contracts
I.P. Protection
Spin-off
I P
IPR
I.P.R Licensing
Development contracts
Scientific Publications
Contract research negotiation
Marketingnegotiation
contract
Incubation
Fund raising
Marketing
negotiation - IP
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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
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Monitoring of research activities
Inventors advising
Monitoring of research activities
Inventors advising
reserachresearch
Sell
Licensemoney
Sell
Licensemoney
Commercial exploitationCommercial exploitation
Business contactBusiness contact
Patent attorneyPatent attorneyPatent attorney
inventorsinventorsinventors
yesyes
Rectoral committee
(international)
Rectoral committee
(international)
Technical committee (national)
Technical committee (national)
Patent requestPatent request
Analysis of the potential marketAnalysis of the
potential market
Novelty searchNovelty search
IDEAIDEAIDEAIDEAinventorsinventorsinventors
nono
Spin-offSpin-off
45d 8m
60%
POLITECNICO PATENT MODEL
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Summary: Polimi Case study
Activities & Procedures
Tools: Disclosure Form
Facts & Figures
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Summary: Polimi Case study
Activities & Procedures
Tools
Facts & Figures
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Main TTO results & indicators (2009)[11 people - 8.7 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 > 10.85 M€)
2009
CUMULATIVE
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Priority applications per year
Patent applications from free research
Pat
ent
Ap
plic
atio
ns
fro
m
Fre
e/C
oo
per
ativ
e R
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rch
Patent applications from cooperative research
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Patent portfolio (cumulative)
Inve
nti
on
s &
Pat
ents
Inventions Patent Applications
Granted Patents
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License agreements (cumulative)
Cu
mu
lati
ve L
icen
ce N
um
ber
Exp
loit
ed In
ven
ctio
ns
Cumulative License Number Exploited Inventions (Cumul.)
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Netval annual report 2008
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
0
300
600
900
1200
1500
1800
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
23 30 28 39 42 46
University patent portfolio - the Italian scenario
Polimi: 307
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licences (number of universities in circle)
licences (first 5 universities)
28 18
69 43
100
59
153
89
224
127
301
160
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
10 14 14 17 22 28
Netval annual report 2008
University license agreements - the Italian scenario
Polimi: 44
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