The Science|Business Innovation Board has released the results of two studies, one examining the success factors behind university spinouts and the other exploring views on a European grace period for patents.
A Grace Period for Patents: Could it Help European Universities Innovate? reveals that European technology transfer managers strongly favour an EU grace period for patents, saying it would remove a significant disadvantage for university inventors, increase patent activity on campus and support innovation. The study is based on a survey of European technology transfer offices about patent practice and perceptions.
Europe’s technology transfer managers agreed 2-to-1 that a grace period is needed, according to the survey, and more than half say they often feel at risk for losing patent opportunities due to premature disclosure of an invention.
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