Climbing the Everest is no easy task

By Bruno Santos, Technical Specialist of the Technology Licensing Office.

A climb involves leaving at a starting point and arriving at a destination point, with a considerable altitude difference. Regardless of the ambition behind each endeavour, an adequate preparation is always necessary to address the challenges ahead. Similarly, and concerning Intellectual Property, it’s also necessary to map results in a timely and organised manner, in order to optimise the process of protecting and valuing them. This allows reaching a higher arrival point, with a breathtaking view.

The Technology Licensing Office (SAL) aims to monitor and value the research activities developed at INESC TEC, by resorting to a set of tools that allow achieving the main objectives. SAL is committed to keep improving its performance regarding the valorisation of Intellectual Property.

The year 2020 put our adaptability and perseverance to the test, but we managed to exceed expectations, even in the face of unfavourable conditions, like the pandemic situation in which we find ourselves today. As the world reinvented itself during this very uncommon moment of our lives, so did SAL, by making an effort to address the needs and problems of researchers. After an internal assessment process, we concluded that adding a new tool – the Invention Disclosure short Form, or IDsF, could be quite useful. This short form aims to facilitate communication between the office and researchers, in order to make SAL’s response more customised and adequate to the needs of each technology. This new resource was the result of a collaboration between SAL and the INESC TEC community, with the valuable contribution of researchers and the members of the Board of Directors. The IDsF received a lot of positive and useful feedback, which allowed improving its interpretation and intelligibility. The first version has been available since the beginning of 2021, on INESC TEC’s INTRANET. This single-page document precedes the Invention Disclosure Form (IDF), aiming to reduce the required time and optimise the effort placed in communicating results. Therefore, we hope to provide researchers with a tool that enables a continuous monitoring of the results generated along their career, and increase their interest in this essential process for stimulating innovation.

We also take this opportunity to wish you an excellent and successful year, and to remind you that you can always count on our team’s SALvational support, at any time or place. We can help and advise you concerning the best decision to make. We wish to follow our researchers during all the stages of this climb – and, as soon as we reach our destination, we’ll enjoy the view together.

Evereste (credits: Andreas Gäbler, Unsplash)
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