Research Valorisation

Valorisation and Patents Office (Tech Transfer Office)

The Valorisation and Patents Office at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is responsible for managing the patents portfolio and promoting their transfer to the production sector. It has the following specific functions:
Competences and responsibilities:

• Support services in protection strategies (IPR)
• Assessment and protection of research results
• Preparation of studies of patentability and technological vigilance
• Assessment of research results: definition of trial-concept, search for funding, search for partners
• Preparation of transfer agreements: drafting, reviewing and discussing conditions with third parties
• Participation, together with PRUAB, in the process of commercialising and creating technology-based companies
• Preparation, execution and delivery of UAB projects, within their own sector, which are financed by the administrations (PETRA, ACC1Ó, etc.)
• Participation in national and international networks
• Organisation of training workshops, information and awareness-raising in and out of the university community

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