In less than three years, technology transfer at the University of Delaware (UD) in Newark has evolved from an acknowledged bare-bones licensing effort into broad-scale commercialization activity. UD President Patrick Harker, who took the reins in July 2007, provided the initial vision that the university should “play a critical role in the prosperity of the community of Newark, our state, and our region,” says David Weir, PhD, director of the Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships (OEIP). “With that in mind, we came to the conclusion that we needed a portal or gateway to allow the outside world to gain access to the university’s knowledge-based assets and, at the same time, to allow the university and its assets out into the outside world.”<\/p>\n
Translating the concept of a two-direction gateway into reality took a giant leap forward in July 2008 when the university launched OEIP as the dedicated core of its entrepreneurial, tech transfer, and business development strategy. Previously, the university’s tech transfer capabilities were embedded in the UD Research Office. The creation of OEIP put these activities “into a business culture,” says Weir. Two central components of OEIP are the IP Center and the IP Asset Development Group. The IP Center manages all UD-developed IP, driving invention disclosures, patent application filing, and patent procurement. The IP Asset Development Group’s primary role is to “extract value” from the university’s IP portfolio, says Weir, including commercialization of the portfolio through licensing, marketing, and start-up activities. A detailed article on the UD gateway approach appears in the December 2009 issue of Technology Transfer Tactics<\/em><\/a>. To get access to this complete article and become a subscriber, including access to the entire archive of back issues, CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n In less than three years, technology transfer at the University of Delaware (UD) in Newark has evolved from an acknowledged bare-bones licensing effort into broad-scale commercialization activity. UD President Patrick Harker, who took the reins in July 2007, provided the initial vision that the university should “play a critical role in the prosperity of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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