162 IP and Commercialization | Summary and a Look Ahead

After exploring various aspects of IP Management, the Technology Transfer Process, and Commercialization, you feel confident that you have an appropriate path forward to protect and commercialize your research. You have scheduled a meeting with your institution’s technology transfer officer to begin patent searches and assessments of the invention prior to applying for a patent.

Additionally, you are applying for an early form of commercialization funding, a market validation grant. In the application you plan on using the value proposition you developed for this module in hopes of securing the funding, which will support market research efforts to accurately determine the market potential of the invention.

Final Thoughts

In the next module we will be discussing influencing policy through a series of resources.