The Commercialisation Process |
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WaikatoLink’s commercialisation activities span research outcomes and intellectual property (IP) from many of the University’s diverse academic disciplines.
To ensure that the commercialisation of University-generated IP results in successful outcomes, WaikatoLink follows a Commercialisation Process. This process starts with appropriate IP identification activities and then involves the following key stages:
- Invention Identification
- Preliminary Assessment
- Evaluation Planning
- - IP Protection
- - Technology Development
- - Commercial Evaluation
- Evaluation Stage
- - IP Protection
- - Technology Development
- - Commercial Evaluation / Business Planning
- Implementation of Commercialisation plan
- Ongoing compliance monitoring and mentoring