“Enabling the Smart Economy....Taking your Research to new Heights”
The Flow from Idea to Invention To Innovation
Dr Margaret Woods
September 2012
Slide contents
Facilitating the management of intellectual property in a university
Creative Effort
The TTO
Definition
Intellectual Property Rights
Some IP found in a mobile phone
Importance of Intellectual Property Rights
Importance of Intellectual Property Rights
Examples of valuable intellectual property
A patent confers the rights to...
Patents
So keep it confidential
The TTO
Who decides?
Protection of Primary Data
Protection of Primary Data
Technology Transfer - KPIs
Exclusions and Exceptions to Patentability
Copyright
Xcelerit
IdentiGen
Commercial exploitation
Licences
Campus companies
Technology Transfer - metrics
The TTO