Promote Technology and other IP Creation
Serve as patent search facilities providing patent information and patent analytics to guide research project development
Maintains databases of the University’s technologies and staff expertise
Developing strategies and policies for managing MSU-IIT’s IP portfolio.
Provide Technology and other IP Protection
Solicit disclosure of inventions and assess patentability of invention disclosures
Draft and file patents and other IP protections
Build and manage a robust portfolio of MSU-IIT IP assets
Support Technology and other IP Commercialization
Prepare technical and market assessment to evaluate commercial potential of technology
Match technologies with potential industry partners
Engage in negotiations and execute license agreements and other agreements with business partners
Manage and monitor existing license agreements and milestones.
Provide assistance for early-stage faculty startup or spin-off companies.
Foster University – Industry Partnerships
Serve as conduit between MSU-IIT and the industry, facilitating the transfer of technology via licensing and other modes of transfer
Link researchers and industry and other external partners for research collaboration, further development of technologies or IP commercialization.
Strengthen IP awareness, education and publicity
Provide education and training on intellectual property (IP) protection and technology
transfer process, policies and procedures
Organize seminars, workshops, conferences and other events
Prepare and distribute informative brochures and technology briefs
SERVICE VALUES
Innovativeness
Establishing an organizational culture that fosters technology transfer.
Act as steward of the intellectual property assets, and has resources to protect the rights of both the inventor and the university, and to assess the commercial potential of new discoveries.
Seek to educate the university faculty, staff and students and the community on issues such as intellectual property, standard licensing practices, and the formation of new ventures.
Dedicated technology transfer expertise and support team including techno legal and marketing experts, managers, and administrators, who serve as liaison officers between academic scientists and industry and manage the university’s IP.
Effective mediators between parties involved in the commercialization process like the inventors and industries.
Understand the marketplace and the local regional economy.
Technical Competence
Dependability
Create awareness and encourage researchers to disclose their inventions.
Build a strong IP portfolio.
Encourage, support, and foster spin-offs.
Bridge the gap between invention and commercialization.
Capable of a long-term financial commitment.
Negotiate with the prospective licensees.
Continuously interact with the licensee to ensure the implementation or working of the invention.
Create and build trust, particularly where commercialization involves a significant transfer for tacit knowledge and requires support from the inventors.
Protect the discoveries very seriously by being always available to discuss the research and offer advice or guidance on intellectual property issues or university policies.
Integrity
