Patent Commission
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Patent Commission
President: Lucio Maria Bonaccorsi
Component: Martino Milardi
0965 1697112
Component: Francesco Sunseri
0965 1694375
Component: Vincenza Caracciolo The Grotteria
0965 1695377
The DR n.5/2023 establishes and regulates the activities of the Patent, Technology Transfer and Spin-off Commission of the Università Mediterranea.
The functions of the Commission:
- Carry out investigative and consultative functions on the scientific and relevant aspects concerning all activities, initiatives and proposals relating to industrial property, technology transfer and spin-offs.
- Provide opinions to the Board of Directors in the following cases:
- Proposals for the transfer of inventions and technologies to the University.
- Proposals for the valorization and economic exploitation of inventions and technologies owned by the University.
- Negotiations regarding the economic exploitation of inventions and technologies.
- Complex clauses relating to industrial property rights of the results of activities commissioned or carried out in collaboration with third parties.
- Applications for the establishment of spin-offs and start-ups, evaluating the scientific quality of the project, the possibilities for industrial development, the composition of the share capital, the commitment of the proponents and the overall coherence of the request.
- Involvement of university staff in spin-offs or start-ups and detection of controversial situations, especially incompatibilities.
- Promote, supervise, evaluate and monitor:
- Valorization and exploitation of inventions.
- Coordination of promotion, information and monitoring activities regarding spin-offs and start-ups.
- Establishment of spin-offs and start-ups, verifying the scientific quality of the project and compliance with legal requirements.
- Issuing opinions on the adequacy of proposals for the establishment of spin-offs and start-ups and on the University's participation in the capital of a spin-off.
- Annual review of the activities and results of spin-offs and start-ups, presenting a monitoring report to the Board of Directors.
- Evaluation of the opportunity for the University to remain in the spin-offs.
- Propose the assignment of mandates to industrial property consultants for the patent protection of the inventions owned by the University.
- Integrate the Commission with expert evaluators in the relevant disciplinary sector, if necessary.
Carry out any other task relating to spin-offs, start-ups and industrial property not assigned to other bodies by University regulations or other provisions of law or the Statute.