These are the sort of questions we ask in PhotonTransfer looking forward to going from scientist into innovator. In PhotonTransfer we help researchers how to answer to the challenge of being closer to the application of a know how. The clear identification and description of the problem, the researcher’s team, the TRL, the IP and the commercial potential are the key blocks for building up an innovation.
Problem/Solution
- What is the problem that you are solving?
- What is the solution?
- What is the current state of the art?
- How is your solution better/faster/cheaper (e.g. advantages)?
Researcher Team
- What is the Researcher’s success in the field related to this idea?
- What are the Researcher’s established industry relationships?
Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
- What is the current stage of development of this technology?
- What needs to be done to move it forward along that development path to the next few milestones?
- Is there interest and available resources (time, funding, students) to do this?
- How does this approach compare with competing approaches?
IP
- What types of IP protection are available?
- Are domestic and foreign patent rights preserved (e.g. have any public disclosures been made, are any expected)?
- What is the known prior art?
- Are there any known freedom-to-operate issues?
- How difficult is it to detect infringement?
Commercial Potential
- What would the product be?
- Who is the customer?
- Who is the end user?
- Is this invention a stand-alone platform or one component among many needed?
- What is the pain point? How much does industry need this?
- Market size?
- Potential Licensees?
- Is there a champion at a potential licensee?
- Willingness of industry to license?
- Regulatory issues?
- Time to market?
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