THE PAIN
• Industry contacts are difficult to maintain because there is such a
great variety of inventions on campus that one cannot make enough
contacts to be truly useful
• REAL market value of an invention is difficult to assess. Again a
connection with trusted members of the appropriate industry would be
best but they are difficult to find and maintain
• Too little funding for commercialization infrastructure
• Too many other demands on the time of the Technology Transfer staff
members such as educating the researchers about their rights and
responsibilities, explaining policies to them, rectifying errors that
may be made by researchers in the pursuit of their research etc.
• Staff turnover compromises continuity. Average retention times of the
best staff is usually shorter than the maturation time of a deal
THE NEED
• Trusted credible source to advise on reasonable terms and valuations
• Opportunities in the hands of the right industry partners
• Ability to share best practices across universities
• Ability to coalesce opportunities across institutions
THE SOLUTION
• Experienced outside service with knowledge in BOTH industry and university
settings
• Trusted source which will visit regularly and become familiar with
the workings of the office
• Assistance in the entire spectrum of activities undertaken by the Tech
Transfer office
• Low to no cost. Budgets are very tight in this area and there is a
perception that the staff ought to be able to cover these services
themselves
THE COST
• No cost
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