Rudjer Innovations Ltd

Innovations and Technology Transfer

Domagoj OrebCEO

Ref: RI-GM-CP-09-012v01

Zagreb, October 2009

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Rudjer Innovations

• Company for technology transfer and the commercialisation of intellectual property

• Open to all Croatian R&D organisations to help everyone who wishes to commercialise results of research

• Owned by Rudjer Boskovic Institute, founded within “Science and Technology Policy of the Republic of Croatia 2006-2010”

Activities:• Identification and evaluation of intellectual property• Protection of IP (patent, trademark, copyright etc.)• Commercialisation models (licensing, selling, spin-out, R&D

projects, joint ventures etc.)• Consulting, science, service and project management contracts

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Rudjer Innovations in numbers

Year2006

RI established2007 2008 2009

Staff 1 6 7 7

Projects 1 35 80 100

Patents filed 1 17 32 51

Licences 1 4 7 8

Spin-outs 0 3 3 4

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• Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI) owns all IP rights resulting from research activities on RBI

• Rudjer Innovations assists those researchers who wish to commercialise the results of their research

By patenting, licences, spin-out companies & consultancy

• Researchers will share the benefits

Royalty shares from licences

Equity in spin-out companies

Income from services & consultancy

Intellectual Property Policy

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RBI & RI example

Inside RBI

Governance

IP committee

5 staff

RBI Director

RI Board member

3 experts from RBI

Rudjer Innovations

7 staff

86% graduates

40% Ph.D.

Licensing

Spin-outs

Consulting

Licensing IPR

Outside RBI

New sponsored research

Transfer of Intellectual Property

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Transfer of IP flow chart

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Win-Win clearly communicated

Cooperation and innovative solutions brings to companies:

• Better, faster and more cost-effective research and development

• Application of new technologies

• Creating competitive advantages

and for R&D institutions and scientists:

• Income from commercialisation

• Practical application and recognition of R&D achievements

• New fields and appliactions of R&D

Recognising the importance of cooperation with scientific institutions is a characteristic of innovative companies that wish to make their technology, products and services more competitive and market-oriented

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Approach to the market

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RBI, Partner

Research Group Head

Senior Scientist

Support

Scientists

New Company

New Managing Director

Research Director

Financ.& Admin.

Scientists

Sales & Marketing

Production

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Spin-off setup

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Spin off companies

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Rudjer Innovations Ltd.

Bijenicka 113, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

T + 385 1 2360 111

F + 385 1 2347 811

E info@r-i.hr

W www.r-i.hr

Thank you

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Organisation