SPINTWO LANGUAGES. ONE ROUTE OUT.
A researcher speaks in discoveries, papers and data. A company needs a product, a price and a customer. Technology transfer translates between the two.
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University discoveries do not become useful products automatically. Technology transfer offices help researchers explore how inventions can reach industry and become the basis for new companies.
Their work connects scientific possibility with commercial questions: what is new, who owns it, how it might be protected, and who could put it to use.
From discovery to possibility.
Select an area to learn more. These activities can overlap; commercialisation is rarely a straight line.
DISCLOSE & ASSESS
A discovery starts with research results, papers and data. Technology transfer specialists assess what is new and clarify who owns the invention.
Different fields. Shared questions.
Across deep tech, research needs a route to real-world use. Technology, people and commercial understanding all have a part to play.
A few useful terms.
TTO
Technology transfer office: a university team that supports the assessment, protection and commercial use of research inventions.
Licensing
Giving a company agreed rights to use a technology, rather than necessarily creating a new company around it.
Spinout
A new company built around research or technology emerging from a university.
Try asking the commercial questions.
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