Business scene

Technology transfer is a high-risk innovation activity with its success rate affected by many factors including technology, product, capital, management, and team, etc. IP is the security guarantee for technology to connect market and capital, how to clarify the property rights of different parties, agree the attribution of ownership in cooperation, and clarify future revenue distribution are the preconditions in which R & D personnel and units are willing to transfer, transferees dare to take, and investors dare to make investments. Meanwhile, in the early stage of technology transfer, how to pass and deploy high-quality patent applications is also an important basis for favorable success rate.

Working procedure

For technology transfer IP architecture design, on one hand, IPFuTure can assist scientific research institutes or universities to formulate the overall technology transfer strategy, structure, basic principles and main models; on the other hand, IPFuTure can formulate corresponding content according to specific projects. To take serving a specific project as an example, specific work flow includes:

• 1

  To investigate the project’s R & D situation and the competitive situation of its industry, research on the application prospects and direction as well as value of such technology, analyze possible objects for technology transfer and the research team’s own will, and determine feasible technology transfer method such as technology licensing and business incubation, etc.;

• 2

  To find out the project-related IP status according to technology transfer method, especially the support of patent portfolio and quality for technology transfer, design the IP strategy of technology transfer;

• 3

  To analyze the feasibility of quickly supplementing or amending the application for projects with poor patent portfolio or quality, and if possible, supplement the portfolio or amend the original application documents as soon as possible;

• 4

  To design the IP protection strategy in secondary development for projects requiring secondary development;

• 5

  To investigate the licensee’s intent, the licensee’s contribution to the products or new products, the licensee’s R & D experience in projects of the same type, intellectual property license in the industry, technical substitutability and other content for projects requiring issuance of technology license to determine the technology licensing negotiation strategy;

• 6

  To provide full support in strategy transfer strategy design, improvement of patent portfolio and quality, negotiation and contract signing, contract fulfillment and other links.

Service achievements

IPFuTure has assisted renowned research institutes and leading universities in China in the field of information to complete the overall technology transfer IP architecture design, and selects key projects of institutes and universities to conduct technology transfer of multiple achievements in business incubation, technology licensing and other methods. At present, an incubated enterprise is preparing IPO.