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The commercialisation process of patents by universities

The commercialisation process of university patents and how the decisions were made to patent new scientific discoveries and to commercialise them have not been studied extensively. This paper attempts to understand in detail, the process of commercialisation of university patents from the initial...

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Main Authors: Abdul Majid, Izaidin, Ismail, Kamariah, Wan Omar, Wan Zaidi
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Published: 2010
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spelling my.utem.eprints.115912015-05-28T04:18:40Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/11591/ The commercialisation process of patents by universities Abdul Majid, Izaidin Ismail, Kamariah Wan Omar, Wan Zaidi H Social Sciences (General) The commercialisation process of university patents and how the decisions were made to patent new scientific discoveries and to commercialise them have not been studied extensively. This paper attempts to understand in detail, the process of commercialisation of university patents from the initial scientific disclosures through patent filings to the choice of commercialisation routes. A series of interviews were conducted with seven directors of technology transfer offices (TTO) of UK universities. The interviews were structured in a way so as to discover how new disclosures in their universities were chosen to be patented and how the patents were commercialised. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed with the help of Nvivo software. Then, case and cross case analysis were done. The result of the study showed that there are variations in practices between universities in how they decide to patent and in the routes of exploitation. Universities do differ on which inventions need to be patented and which route to go for their commercialisation. Universities that practice very highly selective procedures would only patent an invention after a very thorough market analysis. But there are universities that practiced low selective procedures; as such, they file for patent as long as the invention fulfils an expectation of potential value. Decisions on which route to commercialise are sought after the patent filings. Overall, only one university practice a very systematic selection procedure, from which, inventions were patented and specific route of commercialisation was chosen. Most of the universities based their selection criteria on motivations of the inventors, either to patent and which commercialisation route to utilise for their inventions. 2010-01-25 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/11591/1/The_Commercialisation_process_of_patents_by_universities.pdf Abdul Majid, Izaidin and Ismail, Kamariah and Wan Omar, Wan Zaidi (2010) The commercialisation process of patents by universities. In: 3rd International Colloqium on Business & Management (ICBM), 25-28 Jan 2010, Bangko Thailand.
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Abdul Majid, Izaidin
Ismail, Kamariah
Wan Omar, Wan Zaidi
The commercialisation process of patents by universities
description The commercialisation process of university patents and how the decisions were made to patent new scientific discoveries and to commercialise them have not been studied extensively. This paper attempts to understand in detail, the process of commercialisation of university patents from the initial scientific disclosures through patent filings to the choice of commercialisation routes. A series of interviews were conducted with seven directors of technology transfer offices (TTO) of UK universities. The interviews were structured in a way so as to discover how new disclosures in their universities were chosen to be patented and how the patents were commercialised. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed with the help of Nvivo software. Then, case and cross case analysis were done. The result of the study showed that there are variations in practices between universities in how they decide to patent and in the routes of exploitation. Universities do differ on which inventions need to be patented and which route to go for their commercialisation. Universities that practice very highly selective procedures would only patent an invention after a very thorough market analysis. But there are universities that practiced low selective procedures; as such, they file for patent as long as the invention fulfils an expectation of potential value. Decisions on which route to commercialise are sought after the patent filings. Overall, only one university practice a very systematic selection procedure, from which, inventions were patented and specific route of commercialisation was chosen. Most of the universities based their selection criteria on motivations of the inventors, either to patent and which commercialisation route to utilise for their inventions.
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author Abdul Majid, Izaidin
Ismail, Kamariah
Wan Omar, Wan Zaidi
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Ismail, Kamariah
Wan Omar, Wan Zaidi
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title The commercialisation process of patents by universities
title_short The commercialisation process of patents by universities
title_full The commercialisation process of patents by universities
title_fullStr The commercialisation process of patents by universities
title_full_unstemmed The commercialisation process of patents by universities
title_sort commercialisation process of patents by universities
publishDate 2010
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/11591/1/The_Commercialisation_process_of_patents_by_universities.pdf
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