Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer is the set of actions and processes that are involved in business performance into the market for the results of  R&D activities undertaken by universities, research institutes and centers or even among enterprises. This corresponds to a stage of overall recovery process and subsequent commercialization of the technology and includes the transfer of intellectual capital, technical know-how between organizations.

• R&D Value
• R&D to Market

The various technology transfer units are the System Innovation Agents responsible for the transfer of the technological knowledge from research institutes into companies. For this, the most common transfer activities are:

• R&D activities: when there is a need to experiment, improve or develop a hypothesis to obtain a new or improved product or process. A transfer agreement should be signed which defines property rights and exploitation of results.
• Technical Support: when there is a need to solve a technical problem and uses the capacities and capabilities of R&D researchers. It is signed a contract governing the transfer consulting service or technical support.
• Services: when a certain facility is used for testing or analysis of a product or process. There may be no need to sign a formal contract.
• Staff mobility: when temporary there is a exchange of researchers into a company or personnel into the research institute.

The results derived from these activities can often be patentable.