Patent rights and utilisation activities
The Research division is also the contact point for the patent right and utilisation activities of Erfurt University
With the reform of the old " Universiy teacher privileges" since 7 February 2002 all inventions of all university members (from official activities, from part-time works and from third party projects) are to be announced to the university. This has been accepted by the research department.
In the further procedure a number of things need to be clarified including:
- Release or usage of the invention by the university
- Patent rights registration if necessary
- Execution of utilisation activities where required
Generally an increased consulting and need for coordination exists. So that this can be qualitively accomplished by Erfurt University, Erfurt University cooperates actively in the Thüringer universities patent network.
With the support of the BMBF and the Thüringer ministry responsible for university affairs the Thüringer universities patent network was able to develop a patent utilisation agency with the "PATON patent information center and online services" at the technical University of Ilmenau. There you can find extensive information regarding patent rights.
Patent utilisation agency in the Thüringer patent universities network