Knowledge Transfer
Technology transfer involves moving research, development, and innovation outcomes from academia to practical application. The aim is for new knowledge, inventions, and technologies to be utilized in industry, foster innovation, and benefit society as a whole.
It is a complex process involving the transfer of knowledge, skills, technologies, production methods, samples, or equipment from a research institution to the commercial sector for practical application and commercialization.
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Research and Development
New Research Findings and Innovations
Transfer
Transfer of Knowledge and Technologies into Practice
Commercialization
Practical Application in Industry and Society
How Technology Transfer Works
Technology transfer is a complex process that involves several key steps, from research to practical application in industry.
Research and Development
Creation of new knowledge, technology, or invention in a research institution
Potential Identification
Assessment of commercial potential and applicability of the result
Intellectual Property Protection
Securing patent or other industrial legal protection
Transfer to Practice
Licensing, sale of rights, or creation of a spin-off company
Commercialization
Practical application of technology in industry and the market
Intellectual Property Protection
Successful technology transfer is closely linked to intellectual property (IP) protection, which also includes industrial legal protection. This forms a fundamental tool for the safe commercialization of research results and ensures that innovations can be utilized fairly and effectively.
Protection of Results
Protects the results of technical and creative activities in the industrial sector
Safe commercialization
Enables safe commercialization and the offering of results to businesses or investors
Economic benefit
Ensures that innovation does not become freely accessible and that economic benefit can be derived from it
Exclusive right
Grants creators and businesses the exclusive right to utilize their inventions and technical solutions
Industrial property protection
Industrial property protection primarily includes patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trademarks.
Patents
Protection of technical inventions and innovative solutions
Utility models
Shorter-term protection for technical solutions
Industrial designs
Product appearance and design protection
Trademarks
Protection of brands, logos, and trade names
Where Protection is Obtained
Protection is obtained by registration with the Industrial Property Office (ÚPV), or with international organizations.
Industrial Property Office
Czech Industrial Property Office
European Patent Office
Granting of European Patents for Member States
European Union Intellectual Property Office
Registration of EU Trademarks and Industrial Designs
World Intellectual Property Organization
International Intellectual Property Protection