Industrial Property Unit – Technology Transfer Strategy

The Industrial Property Unit of ICIQ designs and implements in close collaboration with the researchers a protection strategy for the results of research of commercial and industrial relevance.

The combination of IP rights and a strategy for technology commercialization forms an ideal package to facilitate the uptake and transfer of the technology by the private sector, either through:

• Licensing the patent to a third party company.
• Joint Venture development of the technology with an industrial partner.
• Creating a spin-off company.

ICIQ implements a flexible licensing strategy while seeking the joint development of a technology with an industrial partner, following a progressive and rational approach to technology development through the adoption of a series of milestones corresponding to technical or regulatory achievements, with the ultimate goal of making the technology available to society.