TechTransfer: From science to technology

The value of patents: These days, patents are amongst the prime intangible assets and have, when utilised correctly, large economic potential. This development is clarified by a survey of royalties paid for the use of foreign patents. At the beginning of the 1990's, companies merely paid ten billion US Dollars for the application of external knowledge. Only ten years later, the annual licence volume increased to 100 billion US Dollars. At present, the value of licences adds up to 200 billion US Dollars. The European Patent Office reckons that the expenditures will rise up to 500 billion US Dollars until 2010.

In a world of invention and advancement, IPB connects the ideas with the capital market. IPB's target is to make the best and most innovative patents ready for the market, and thus, develop tomorrow's technologies today.

Universities, research facilities, companies and sole inventors create new ideas and technologies everyday. It is the daily work of patent scouts and IP managers to sight these inventions. Thereby, an effective patent management is often time and cost intensive, but it provides access to the hidden IP-treasures. To face this challenge, IPB's patent specialists can support you in search of mature patents and new ideas. Similar to estate agents, patent agents work based on commission.

With knowledge of markets and technologies, an international network of experts and intuition for innovation, IPB employees will support you to find the optimal IP-complement for your business. An assortment of patents that IPB is dealing with can be found under the category Current Projects.