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In late 2022, UIBM introduced from the 1st of January 2023 the pdf-a standard (ISO 19005:2005) as the only accepted format for filing patent documents.
New IT Platform
The feasibility study of the new IT technical infrastructure was completed in 2022.
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- Improve the reliability and completeness of data. Currently not all information are easily accessible, and data must be previously analyzed, retrieved and enhanced to become useful and understandable.
- Simplify usability of the platform for internal and external users and make information more user-friendly.
- Improved services (filing system, examination system, databases), including the introduction of new features.
- Provision of new services to external partners (companies, researchers, development agencies, proxies, etc).
TTO call for proposal (measure fully managed by UIBM)
This initiative aims to increase the intensity of technology transfer flows to enterprises by supporting the enhancement and protection of industrial property of projects promoted by TTOs (Technology Transfer Offices). It is addressed to: Italian universities and public research organizations, as well as scientifically-oriented Institutes of Hospitalization and Care (IRCCS).
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BREVETTI + call for proposals (with INVITALIA as implementing agency)
Brevetti+ is the incentive for the economic exploitation of patents, funded by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy and managed by Invitalia (Invitalia is the National Agency for Inward Investment and Economic Development.). Addressed to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, in 2022 Brevetti+ was refinanced with a budget of 30 million euro (of which 10 million are “National Recovery and Resilience Plan” resources, Mission 1. "Digitalization, innovation competitiveness, culture and tourism" - Component 2 "Digitalization, innovation and competitiveness in the production system" - Investment 6. "Industrial Property System" funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU.).
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https://www.invitalia.it/cosa-facciamo/rafforziamo-le-imprese/brevetti
Proof of Concept (PoC) call for proposals (with INVITALIA as implementing agency)
This initiative supports patent enhancement activities. The objective of the measure is to raise the level of maturity of inventions patented by the research system to enable development actions also, and especially, by companies. It is addressed to: Italian universities and public research organizations, as well as scientifically-oriented Institutes of Hospitalization and Care (IRCCS).
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Link in Italian : https://uibm.mise.gov.it/index.php/it/pnrr-bando-di-8-5-milioni-per-i-progetti-poc-di-valorizzazione-dei-brevetti
Development of the Knowledge Share online platform
In (in partnership with NETVAL - Network for academic research valorisation – and Politecnico di Torino as partners) , through a 1 million euro budget from the fund of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Mission 1. "Digitalization, innovation competitiveness, culture and tourism" - Component 2 "Digitalization, innovation and competitiveness in the production system" - Investment 6. "Industrial Property System" funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU.
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Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)
The Patents of the Italian Public Research Institutes (PATIRIS):
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link https://patiris.mise.gov.it/index.php/en/
The PATIRIS platform’s database aims at establishing itself as a permanent patenting overseer for universities and public research institutes in Italy (PRIs). The new service, developed by the UIBM in collaboration with NETVAL stems from the upgrade of the original PATIRIS platform, first created in 2013 in collaboration with the University of Bologna.
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Access to the platform is free of charge.
KNOWLEDGE SHARE: link https://www.knowledge-share.eu/en/
The access to the platform is free of charge.
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The Office runs its own Academy. The UIBM Academy seminars (online, face-to-face or hybrid) target all stakeholders interested in IP. Advanced training is provided by the UIBM to the human resources involved in the TTO call – Knowledge Transfer managers and Innovation Promoters - who have, among other things, the difficult task of performing, as a free support service, the analysis of the IP portfolio of Italian SMEs and promoting the culture of IP innovation and technology transfer.
Master in Open Innovation and Intellectual Property (with LUISS University as managing body)
The Open Innovation & IP Master’s degree serves to cultivate experts or budding entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs in driving innovation and protecting intellectual property as a company asset. This interdisciplinary program will delve into the entire life cycle of innovation – from conceptualization of an idea to the creation, protection and commercialization of it – including anticipating and applying countermeasures in terms of appropriation of a firm’s IP by competition.
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Master in IP valorization for Knowledge Exchange & Impact (KEI) (with University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum as managing body)
The program of Masterin “Intellectual Property Valorisation For Knowledge Exchange & Impact (KEI)” aims to:
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