TreMonti has a team of business and technology professionals, including an extensive network of industry and scientific experts, to service the unique needs of Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs). TreMonti's consultants have hands-on experience managing intellectual property portfolios and a long track record of technology commercialization. We emphasize quantitative tools and performance measurements. Our methods are implemented by professionals with extensive global expertise in strategic planning and value creation, business process redesign, systems selection and implementation, change management, and valuation, among others.

In addition, TreMonti extensively employs a network of affiliated technical resources in all major technical and scientific fields. Our corporate practitioners and our many affiliates have worldwide experience with hundreds of engagements pertaining to all aspects of technology commercialization and intellectual asset management. Whatever your needs, TreMonti's professionals share a common goal with you — to find solutions that make sense.

We employ a proven methodology for assessing the commercial viability of the technologies and identifying potential prospective commercialization partners. The typical stages employed by TreMonti in the technology transfer process are illustrated below and directly address the requirements TTOs need to consider.
Assessment
• Help determine whether or not to protect the invention.
• Help determine whether you should continue to protect a technology.
• Help determine the appropriate commercial path of a technology.
• Provide synopsis of the commercial marketplace, including the competitive landscape
• Identify prospective commercialization partners and provide contact information
Technology Marketing
• Market technologies to appropriate industry personnel in all market sectors.
• Provide contacts and access to appropriate industry partners
• Sheppard CDA/NDA process
• Facilitate interaction between industry/university partner
License Negotiation Assistance
• Assist in developing license options in order to negotiate stronger license agreements.
• Determine licensing strategy considering the desires of all parties
• Identify licensing comparables
• Facilitate negotiations/partnership formation
License Monitoring
• Audit licensees to help ensure accurate royalty accounting.
• Perform onsite audit of licensee records
• Help recapture under-recovered revenue and costs
Backlog Services
• Prioritization of technologies in a portfolio in order to provide the TTO with an action plan regarding the disposition of its existing intellectual property.
• Review of patent portfolio using a proprietary survey methodology
• Provide an overview of research activities related to the intellectual property
• Provide an opportunity to reach out to faculty researchers
Best Practices Assessment
• Using best practices will improve licensing programs to focus on generating the maximum economic benefit for the institution.
• Benchmark TTO with similar TTOs
• Improve productivity to reduce cost per license
• Design processes to make marketing efforts more successful
• Provide greater assurance of the completeness, accuracy timeliness, and predictability of licensing streams


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