The document discusses the process of science commercialization, highlighting the distinction between science and technology, the importance of protecting intellectual property, and the steps involved in patenting inventions. It emphasizes the necessity of developing marketable products from research discoveries and maintaining a healthy environment for commercialization to ensure success. Additionally, the document underscores the interplay between ideas, inventions, and products, illustrating how effective marketing can transform useful inventions into viable products.

1. Science
Commercialization
By: Mahmoud Ramadan

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Science and Technology, What’s the difference?

4. Technology
“Techno”+”ology”
Techno=Techniques
ology=Science
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5. Basic Research
Discovery
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Studies
and
Research
Identify
potential
applications
Assess
commercial
viability
Market

6. The New Model
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Assess needs
and problems
Design and produce a
“solution”
Market

7. HIBAR
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 Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive (HIBAR) Research
 Embraces the attainment of new knowledge coupled with the
solution of important problems

8. Pasteur Quadrant
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9. Protect your intellectual property!!
 Copyrights
 Trademarks
 Trade secrets
 Patents
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10. Patents
 Patents are legal paperwork
 “Own” your idea
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11. To patent something it has to be:
 Novel
 Non-obvious
 Useful
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12. The difference between an idea, an invention and a
product?
 An idea is NOT an invention
 An invention is NOT a product
 Useful invention=Product (If marketed well)
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13. Commercialization
 For individuals
 For institutes
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Invention
-Literature survey
-Invention
disclosure form
-Patent attorney
Provisional patent
application
-Develop product ideas
-Market research
-Sponsors
-Non-disclosure forms
-Complete non-
provisional patent
application
-Assemble a team
to do further work
Start product
development
Permits and
licenses
-Alpha version
-Get feedback
-Beta version
-Manufacture
You should
receive your
patent anytime
by now

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Idea
Research
Engineering
Product

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17. 21,000,000
Lives saved
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18. A healthy environment for
commercialization
 Scientific research
 A favourable investment climate
 A sufficient capital for research institutes
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19. References
▰ https://www.pragmaticmarketing.com/resources/articles/what-are-
patents
▰ https://www.upcounsel.com/intellectual-property-protection
▰ http://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/research-science-and-
technology/hibar/index.html
▰ Pasteur’s Quadrant (a book by Donald E. Stokes)
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