What is IPO’s role in the transfer of technology and inventions?
Question
What is IPO’s role in the transfer of technology and inventions?
Answer
IPO provides support to the University of Toronto community in many ways, including
- Advice on U of T’s Inventions Policy
- Receiving and evaluating invention disclosures which describe technology created by U of T faculty, staff and students
- Supporting the protection of U of T inventions through patenting and other means
- Assisting in finding partners and funds to support developmental and proof-of-concept studies
- Marketing U of T technologies to industry
- Negotiating license agreements with the interested companies
- Supporting long-term relationships with strategic partners that support and nurture early-stage discoveries into market-ready technologies and products
