Applying knowledge and technologies to society includes transferring them to the industry in order to increase IIT’s contribution to the innovation process while generating income to support research and reward inventors.

Technology Transfer aims at bringing knowledge from research to the market. It includes protection of new technologies by means of patents and copyright, as well as the strategic licensing of IIT Intellectual Property. It also supports the creation of start-up companies, which may originate from a worthy combination of the cutting-edge knowledge and the entrepreneurial spirit of some IIT researchers.

Industrial Liaison Section/Office is committed to creating and maintaining productive interactions between IIT and Industry

Research Contracts

A Sponsored Research Commercial Agreement includes innovative research projects commissioned by companies sponsor (Companies or research entity paying for sponsored research) aimed to facilitate the translation of IIT technologies, to productive and industrial sectors.

Technology Teasers

Some of the most mature technologies to be translated to the Market are illustrated in the Technology Teasers. Teasers are structured as documents containing both technical/scientific information about the technology developed at IIT as well as brief market information, competitors, and the possible advantages of this technology with respect to what is currently available on the pertinent market.