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Building patent exchange and the Nordic
Regional Technology Transfer Network
Dr. Gert Balling, Special Advisor, Secretary General of the National Network for
Technology Transfer, Denmark.
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The Nordic Countries
1. Denmark
2. Norway
3. Sweden
4. Finland
5. Island
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Nordic Characteristics
Smaller homogeneous societies (Population: 5-9 million)
A relatively large part of the public have university degrees
Universities are public institutions
Universities are spread out all over the countries
University education is free of charge
Universities takes part in the political agenda regarding
regional economic development.
Universities follow the globalisation challenge expanding the
focus on research and teaching to embrace generic, academic
innovations and exploitation of cooperation with industry as
well.
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WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007
1. Switzerland
2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Denmark
5. Singapore
6. US
7. Japan
8. Germany
9. Netherlands
10. UK
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Sweden
- University TTO
The Karolinska Institute
- The biggest techtrans unit in the Nordic Countries. 2025 people, holding company for equity og start-up
companies and two development funds. More than 200
mio. $ VC.
Chalmers Technical University
Lund University
The Royal Technical University
University of Uppsala
University of Gothenburg
University of Linköping
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Sweden
- Professors privillege
Many universities have their own TT Units
University researchers have the rights to their
own inventions – inventor can therefore choose
between several commercialisation routes.
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Sweden
- Lund University, innovation system players
Growth
Development
Company established at
the markets.
Company grows and adjusts
according to market contact.
Start
Spin out – start of
commercialization
Project
Project test, development
etc.
Idea
Ideas
Financing Business dvpt. Incubators
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Process
Research and education
Finland
- Towards university ownership and inventor compensation
1967. Act on the Right in Employee Inventions
(doesn’t count in the university professors)
2005. Amendment of the University Act. (Universities
shall interact with surrounding society and promote
societal impact)
2006. Act on the Right in Employee Inventions
(University does not have the right to researcher’s
and professor’s inventions, but rights can be
transferred through contracts)
2007. Removal of ”Researchers exemption”
(compensation based on net income: 50% to
inventor, 30% to university unit, 20% to university)
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Denmark
- Towards university ownership and inventor compensation
Danish Bayh-Dole Act (L347) of June 1999
focuses on the increasing co-operation
between research institutions and businesses
to make new knowledge and competence
available to Danish society.
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Denmark
- Towards university ownership and inventor compensation
Split 33%
Inventor
Institute
Institution
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Denmark
- The National Network for Technology Transfer
The National Network for Technology Transfer is an alliance between 14
public research institutions (all patent active research institutions in
Denmark). Established 2005.
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation is co-funding
the Network together with the member institutions
Based on patenting and commercialization of research results from
public research institutions
- Competence developing events (1 a week)
- Website www.techtrans.dk, patent exchange www.patentbors.dk
- Visibility towards industry (branding/PR, think tanks, joint events, book
series etc.)
- Expanding international contacts
- Contribute to the commercialization survey (closely monitored since 2000.
No anonymity on performance)
Represented at the board of ASTP and ProTon Europe (two of the three
large European Technology Transfer organisations).
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Denmark
- Public Research Commercialization Survey, 2005/2006
2000: Start
2005: a break through in commercial
results:
- 281 invention disclosures, 87 patent
applications, 81 agreements licensing or
assigning IPR, 95 active licences, 13 new
spin outs.
2006: Increase in income – more income
than expenses:
- 368 invention disclosures, 108 patent
applications, 115 agreements licensing or
assigning IPR, 103 active licences, 16 new
spin outs.
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Denmark
- Public Research Commercialization Survey.
- agreements licensing or assigning IPR
- Spin outs
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Comparative analysis of commercialization of public
research results (based on latest available statistics)
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Denmark
- The Danish Patent Exchange 2006
- Background and objectives
Denmark consists of many smaller and middlesized public research institutions organized
under the National Network of Technology
Transfer.
Wish to increase the effectiveness of the TT
sales process
Wish to aid industry in finding the technologies
it needs
The service was to be linked to the internet
platform of www.techtrans.dk (one-stop-shopDenmark) and base the patent exchange on an
internet-based infrastructure
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Denmark
- The Danish Patent Exchange 2006
- Platform Issues
Important to present inventions in a way nonspecialists can understand
Easy-to-use tool - based on customer needs and
using categories from the earlier patent consortia
that users were familiar with
Produce test site and test-subsites
Big usability test with different segments of the
primary user groups to be sure that the final result
matched the expectations of the actual user
The platform was to secure an easy quality control on
update and searchability
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Denmark
- techtrans.dk
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Demark
- The Danish Patent Exchange 2006
- Attention
3 examples on how to get attention to the
patent exchange:
- Presence of the Secretariat at important
conferences and market places giving business
cards away and promoting the system with a live
audience
- Automatic generation of data base information to
other platforms like Flintbox
- Cooperation with big matchmakers like RTI,
Competitive Technologies, IRC etc. based on the
patent exchange
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Nordic TT Network
- Background
Many different actors and approaches
to incubation processes in the Nordic
countries
Relatively little collaboration among
the ‘regional innovation systems’
Lack of information flow between
Nordic TT offices
Standing start in new technology and
market areas
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Nordic TT Network
- Specific Objectives
To develop a network between Nordic TT
actors for enhancing performance of
individual regional innovation systems
To bring the Nordic TT community closer
together by forming a Nordic regional TT
forum
To base the Nordic Regional TT Network on
an e-based infrastructure
To cross-fertilize the regional innovation
environment
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Nordic TT Network
- Manchester University’s “Knowledge Pool”
system.
Health Service Networks
IRC
SME network
Defence Technology
Network
Science parks
Corp Corp
Patent attorneys
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Asia TT Knowledge Pool
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Technology Transfer
Knowledge Pool network
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UMIP
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European TT Knowledge Pools
Corp
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Figure made by Mark Thompson,
Manchester University
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Nordic TT Network
- Benefits for Business Partners
Regional Technology Transfer units and innovation actors
- Connecting peers
- Bring TT community closer together
- Simple way of searching for IP
Technology corporates and technology Brokers/Scouts
- Simple way of searching for IP
Science Park Business Development/tenant support people
- Connecting tenants with TTO projects
- Helping tenants seeking new IP
Innovation Relay Centre people
- Helping client SMEs identify specific IP
Patent agents
- Adding value to clients
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Contact details
The national Network
for Technology
Transfer, Denmark
Secretary General
Gert Balling
Phone: + 45 4525 1115
E-mail:
[email protected]
Web:
www.techtrans.dk
www.patentbors.dk
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