Yearly Archives: 2014

Technology watch is commonly defined as the organised, strategic and systematic process of searching and identifying any scientific and technological innovation with the potential to create new market opportunities or avoid competitive threats. The need of watching technology innovation is clear because of the strategic changes an unexpected innovation may […]

About Technology Watch: Technology areas

14/06/2014 in Technology Watch by Ernesto Barrera

Patent Licenses – A license is an agreement between the owner of a patent or intellectual property and another party interested in using the owned property or protected invention. A license is one of the basic technology transfer tools and is granted by a licensor to a licensee as the key point of […]

Technology Transfer Tools: Patent Licenses

14/06/2014 in Photonics Patents / Technology Transfer tagged intellectual property / Licenses / Patent Licenses / Technology transfer tools by Ernesto Barrera

The benefits of PhotonTransfer® for R&D centres and institutions are anchored in its mission as the first on-line market place focused exclusively in Photonics technology transfer. Aiming to bridge the gap between science and market, PhotonTransfer helps R&D centres increasing the visibility of their patents and intellectual property. Network & Relationship […]

Benefits of PhotonTransfer® Platform for a Research Institution

14/06/2014 in Technology Transfer tagged PhotonTransfer / R&D centres / Technology Transfer by Ernesto Barrera

The benefits of technology transfer for a research institution are enormous. Unfortunately for long time universities and research centres have operated as ivory towers disconnected from practice and society. Technology transfer and IP markets benefit research institutions… Permitting the research institution to partner with private sector companies, leverage the institution’s […]

Benefits of Technology Transfer for a Research Institution

14/06/2014 in Technology Transfer tagged PhotonTransfer / Technology Transfer by Ernesto Barrera

Tech transfer transactions graphic — Technology transfer is mandated by law in the United States. Federal research agencies must support activities to enhance the awareness, adoption, and use of their technology products. By law, technology transfer should be an element in all Federal researchers’ performance plans. The law states, “Technology Transfer consistent with the mission […]

Technology Transfer in the US Federal Research Labs

14/06/2014 in Technology Transfer tagged PhotonTransfer / Technology Transfer by Ernesto Barrera

The science of photonics comprehends the generation, emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and detection/sensing of light. The term photonics thereby emphasizes that photons are neither particles nor waves — they have both particle and wave nature. It covers all technical applications of light over the whole spectrum from ultraviolet over the […]

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