{"id":6740,"date":"2026-03-12T11:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/tto\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:23:45","slug":"tto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inoc.it\/en\/tto\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Transfer Office (TTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Director: James Hughes, PhD<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute\u2019s Technology Transfer Office (TTO) <strong>facilitates the transformation of scientific discoveries into innovative healthcare solutions<\/strong>. Operating at the intersection of <a href=\"https:\/\/inoc.it\/en\/research\/\">research<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/inoc.it\/en\/medical-area\/advanced-clinical-research-and-innovation\/\"> clinical innovation, and <\/a>industry, the TTO supports the protection, development, and commercialization of intellectual property generated within the Institute. By combining scientific expertise with strategic intellectual property management and business development skills, the TTO transforms the most promising discoveries into technologies, partnerships, and new companies. Through these activities, the Office helps accelerate the path from laboratory research to clinical and industrial impact, ensuring that the resulting innovation ultimately benefits patients and society.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span  id=\"mission\" class=\"h2_anchor\"><\/span>Mission<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission of the Technology Transfer Office is <strong>to support researchers and clinicians<\/strong> in transforming innovative ideas and discoveries into practical applications that generate clinical, social, and economic impact. This includes: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>protect intellectual property generated through research activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>support the development and maturation of innovative technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>promote partnerships with industry and investors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>facilitate technology transfer through licensing or the creation of new companies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By linking scientific discovery with industrial development, technology transfer enables research institutions to contribute to innovation ecosystems and accelerate the development of new healthcare solutions.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology Transfer<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The technology transfer process drives the transformation of scientific discoveries into practical applications in the healthcare sector.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typical steps include:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Discovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disclosure of the Invention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intellectual Property Protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development and Partnerships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technology Transfer and Impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span  id=\"partnership-and-licensing-opportunities\" class=\"h2_anchor\"><\/span>Partnership and Licensing Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INOC offers potential academic and industrial partners a portfolio of opportunities for collaboration, partnerships, and licensing stemming from its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inoc.it\/en\/research\/oncology-research\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"6297\">translational research<\/a><\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Industry Partnerships &amp; Licensing Opportunities&#8221; catalog brings together the main resources available for development, divided into three areas:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>preclinical platforms and <\/strong> <strong>biobanks for translational models<\/strong>;  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>licensable technologies,<\/strong> a portfolio of patented or patent-pending assets in fields such as molecular oncology, precision diagnostics, and immunomonitoring;  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>the BioLife translational infrastructure<\/strong>, which integrates the Biobank, Organoid Center, Animal Facility, and Genomics Center into an end-to-end ecosystem spanning from patient samples to functional validation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span  id=\"responsibility\" class=\"h2_anchor\"><\/span>Responsibility<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intellectual Property Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Innovation Assessment and Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Partnerships with Industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Licensing and Technology Transfer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span  id=\"contact\" class=\"h2_anchor\"><\/span>Contact<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can contact us at this email address: <a href=\"mailto:tto@inoc.it\">tto@inoc.it<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>For questions regarding intellectual property<\/strong>, innovation, or collaborations with industry, researchers, and external partners are invited to contact the TTO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you have an innovation to share<\/strong>: early engagement with the TTO helps ensure that intellectual property can be adequately protected before publication or public disclosure, thereby preserving opportunities for future development and commercialization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you are a company or an industrial partner interested in collaborating<\/strong> with the Institute\u2019s researchers through sponsored research agreements, joint development programs, or strategic partnerships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director: James Hughes, PhD<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute\u2019s Technology Transfer Office (TTO) facilitates the transformation of scientific discoveries into innovative healthcare solutions. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6740","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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