Firms go to online market to choose from over 6400 licensable technologies
From self-locating wireless sensors from Imperial College, to uses for DNA structure-specific recognition protein from MIT, an online marketplace for patents and new technology says there are over 6,400 such technologies from 14 research institutions and universities available for companies to license.
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In five months, SparkIP says that six of the top 10 and 11 of the top 20 US research universities have already committed to marketing their technologies at SparkIP. On top of the 14 research institutions already on this online portal, an additional 25 research institutions have committed to list their technologies in the coming months.
SparkIP says prior attempts at online marketplaces have failed to generate results, but even in the space of just one week, it has generated six leads from Fortune 500 companies who have discovered licensing opportunties on the site. In June 2008 the company plans to move the site from beta to general release and add many advanced research features for corporations seeking to track emerging technologies and identify licensing opportunities.
"We are thrilled by the early response we're receiving from the research, corporate, and patent firm communities. And we're especially excited to see the marketplace begin to generate results for our partner universities and government labs," said Ed Trimble, SparkIP CEO. "We love hearing the stories of how people are using our SparkClusters to find patents and licensing opportunities that they simply cannot find with keyword-only search engines. We appreciate all the great feedback we're receiving and will continue to aggressively enhance the site to address the needs of all our users."
Universities and government agencies can post available technologies to SparkIP at no charge. Corporations and patent firms can find targeted licensing opportunities, search prior art, assess freedom to operate, find top researchers/scientists, and conduct white space and competitive analysis. The site is at the following link.
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27 MAR 2008 |
