Technology Transfer


The Value of Open Innovation and Technology Transfer At a recent event organized by the photonics cluster SECPhO and hosted by the photonics research organization ICFO, we shared our experience and know-how of technology transfer with leading companies and research organizations in the Catalan region. Our value proposition and the […]

Technology Transfer – three aspects of value creation


Laura M. Lechuga received PhotonTransfer in her office and ICN2 facility Laura M. Lechuga is one of the most recognized researchers in biosensors and Surface Plasmon Resonance in the world and received PhotonTransfer at her lab in the ICN2 facility. This is what we learned. Besides her scientific distinguished career […]

Laura M. Lechuga received PhotonTransfer


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



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


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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


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 […]

About Photonics and patents



Viewed from a wide context, technology transfer is everything in the process of achieving the deployment of technology, from basic research and development (R&D), to prototypes, production and finally to sales, installation and operations. The complete technology transference process goes from the holder of the technology Intellectual Property (IP) to the technology end-user in the […]

Basics about Technology Transfer