The main goal and task of people responsible for the commercialization of intellectual property, which is the result of scientific research, is to ensure maximum value for the economy, society and the University. To effectively search for business partners, the University has a portfolio of ongoing and completed research with potential for commercialization, in the form of project fiches. The necessary tools to develop an effective policy for the implementation of research results were the establishment of clear internal regulations about intellectual property and the principles of the research commercialization process.
Patents are granted – regardless of the field of technology – for new inventions, that have an inventive step and are suitable for industrial application.
An invention is considered new if it is not part of the state of the art, that is, has not been made available to the general public in the form of a written or oral description, by use, display or otherwise disclosed, before the patent priority date. Information contained in applications for inventions or utility models that use earlier priority, not made available to the general public, provided that they are published, is also considered as forming part of the state of the art..
The above does not exclude the possibility of granting a patent for an invention relating to a new use of a substance forming part of the state of the art or the use of such a substance to obtain a product having a new use.
An invention is considered to have an inventive step if this invention does not result from the state of the art for the person skilled in the art.
An invention is considered to be industrially applicable if, according to the invention, a product or a method can be obtained or used, technically speaking, in any industrial activity, not excluding agriculture.
A trademark can be any sign that can be represented graphically if such a sign is capable of distinguishing the goods of one enterprise from the goods of another enterprise. A trademark may be, in particular, a word, a drawing, an ornament, a colour composition, a spatial form, including the form of a product or packaging, as well as a melody or other sound signal.
An industrial design is a new and individual form of a product or its part, given to it in particular by the features of lines, contours, shapes, colours, structure or material of the product and by its ornamentation.
A product is any item manufactured in an industrial or handicraft manner, including in particular packaging, graphic symbols and typographic typefaces, except computer programs.
The following are also considered products:
1. An object that is composed of many interchangeable components that enable its disassembly and reassembly (complex product);
2. A component part, if, after its incorporation into a complex product, it remains visible in the course of its normal use, which is understood to mean any use, excluding maintenance, servicing or repair;
3. A component part, if it can be traded on its own.
In the case of a design used or contained in a component part of a complex product, the assessment of novelty and individual character concerns only its visible features. An industrial design is considered new if, before the date of priority to obtain the right in registration, an identical design (the design is considered identical to the one made available to the public, even if it differs only in insignificant details) has not been made available to the public. by use, display or otherwise disclosed.