Knowledge transfer offices represent a support environment in the transfer of knowledge and technologies from public research organisations into the economy. It is wise to integrate them in a consortium at the state level.
Dr. Marijan Leban, Assistant Secretary General at the University Office for Research, Development and Intellectual Property
In intellectual property, we continued procedures for patent protection of the assumed service inventions from previous years. At the beginning of 2016, new Rules on the management of industrial property rights at the University of Ljubljana were adopted upon intense cooperation with the Innovations Committee of the University of Ljubljana.
Researchers registered 12 new inventions in 2016, eight of which were adopted and four are still subject to proceedings. Last year, 13 patent applications were submitted, three in Slovenia and ten international. Three of those were PCT applications (Patent Cooperation Treaty) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation, three European applications at the European Patent Office and four in individual foreign countries. Within the scope of knowledge transfer, two licence agreements were concluded.
In cooperation with representatives of technology transfer offices from other public research organisations, we took part in the preparation and coordination of a proposal to finance a consortium of Technology Transfer Offices (TTO). The proposal was sent to the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, which is preparing the mentioned call for financing the operations of the TTO Consortium.
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