Technology Transfer Office
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust Technology Transfer Office (TTO) was designed and created to implement an agile and effective approach to foster the commercialization of locally developed scientific inventions and discoveries.

Strategy and Goals
The Trust TTO’s mission is to effectively identify, assess, protect, market, and transfer the most promising research discoveries from Puerto Rico’s universities, institutions and research institutes to the private sector for commercialization and to benefit the public.

The TTO’s vision is to work collaboratively with its partner institutions to build a robust portfolio of research discoveries and high value intellectual property; and provide deal-making services to move those discoveries into businesses through industry partnerships, licensing agreements, and start-up companies.

The Five-year aspiration goal is to perform at peer average, a cohort of 15 North American public & private universities with similar R&D expenditures and medical schools.

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Areas of Focus

Entrepreneurship
Universities
Marketing
Research Institutes
Intellectual property
Development
Commercialization
Program Description

Program Description The TTO’s objectives are to collaborate with its university partners and to offer assistance, advice, education, and example forms/templates; and for selected cases, IP protection, marketing, negotiation and deal-making services to reflect the university partner’s enhanced efforts in technology transfer. Areas include, but are not limited to:

Policy

Intellectual Property (IP)
Research Contracts and IP
Start-ups
Conflict of Interest and Commitment

Faculty Researcher Education

Inventor Handbook
Presentations on campus

Inventor Forms

Invention Disclosure
IP Employment Agreement
Inventor Assignment

Agreements

Confidentiality or Non-disclosure
Consulting
Research agreements with IP
Inter-institutional
Material transfer
Option
License

Legal Services for Selected Cases

External law firms specific to IP
Direct or shared support of IP protection
Cost management

Resources for Selected Cases

Expert technical and commercial assessments
TTO information management system

Documents
Benchmarking Summary Report (November 2015, D. Gulley)

What is technology transfer?

Technology transfer is the process of transferring scientific discoveries from one organization — such as a university, to another — such as an existing or start-up business, for the purpose of further development and commercialization.

The Association of Technology Managers (AUTM) explains this process in “About Technology Transfer”.

Researchers, scientists, and colleagues:

START MINI-COURSE HERE

The Trust Technology Transfer Office is pleased to offer you this mini-course on “Intellectual Property for Academic Researchers”. We thank the University of California for its permission to use their on-line training modules as a foundation, and special thanks to our TTO intern, Lianeris M. Estremera Rodriguez, for her diligence in reviewing and revising content.

We hope this mini-course is helpful in furthering your understanding of intellectual property in an academic setting. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Best,

David L. Gulley, PhD, RTTP, CLP
Director, Technology Transfer Office
Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust