NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin today announced strong commercialisation results for 2008.NovaUCD highlighted that UCD researchers are generating an invention a week as 53 invention disclosures were reported to NovaUCD during 2008. A total of 184 inventions have now been disclosed to NovaUCD during the 5-year period to end 2008.
Thirty-eight patent applications, including 25 priority, 6 PCT (patent co-operation treaty) and 7 national/regional applications were filed by UCD during 2008. These patents were filed for intellectual property arising from research taking place throughout the University’s Colleges, Schools and Institutes. A total of 122 patent applications, including 70 priority patents, were filed by UCD in the 5-years ending last year. In the last four years 38 licence agreements were concluded by UCD with a range of indigenous and international companies.
