
Technology Transfer and Brokerage
Best practices in Technology Transfer (TT) do not only include the actual transfer or licensing of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and/or knowledge from one party to another. It already starts with the identification of valuable technologies and the choice of the adequate protection measurement, followed by setting up commercialisation, licensing, selling and/or collaboration strategies before initiating a subsequent search for licensing, acquisition or collaboration partners. The negotiation and conclusion of the final IP transfer and licensing contracts as well as the audit of such agreements are then the valuable outcomes of an entire tech transfer value chain.Having operated the Office of Technology Transfer of a Swiss University including the University Hospital as well as the University of Applied Sciences for the past 13 years BDC has gained extensive esperience in the daily technology transfer business. A broad network and contacts of industry partners as well as technical experts and consultants for valuing technologies has been established. Thereby, BDC has not only gained all the necessary experience in the entire TT value chain but has also successfully further developed and optimized processes and modules on a standardized basis covering the different aspects of Technology Transfer and Brokerage.
BDC offers the following services in Tech Transfer and Brokerage:
- Evaluation of invention disclosures and positioning of possible technology transfer projects... []
- Scouting of new technologies, prodcuts... []
- Setting up licensing, selling or collaboration strategies
- Strategic filing of patent applications... []
- Marketing of Inventions and Intellectual Property Rights... []
- Negotiating and drafting of licensing, transfer or collaboration agreements
- Technology Transfer support for public research organizations... []
Case Example
Achievements
- 30% success rate for transferring tech transfer projects to industry
- dozens of contract negotiations per year for BDC’s different customers
- Between 1998 and 2011 BDC has been operating the Office of Technology Transfer of a Swiss University which also served the tech transfer of the University Hospital as well as for the University of Applied Sciences
- Several transfer projects per year under management for exploitation
- Over 15 universities in Switzerland and Europe among others University of Vienna, Technical University of Vienna, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology or University of Zagreb are buying in on a regular basis specific technology transfer expertise from BDC
BDC - The Business Development Company GmbH
Kappenmattstrasse 337 - 4234 Zullwil - Switzerland
Pelikanweg 2 - 4054 Basel - Switzerland
Phone +41 61 270 88 00 - Fax +41 61 270 88 10
Email info@bdc-basel.com Internet www.bdc-basel.com
Kappenmattstrasse 337 - 4234 Zullwil - Switzerland
Pelikanweg 2 - 4054 Basel - Switzerland
Phone +41 61 270 88 00 - Fax +41 61 270 88 10
Email info@bdc-basel.com Internet www.bdc-basel.com