Patents
Patents are
an important
source of knowledge and innovation
. They guarantee at the same time immediate acquisition of innovative technical knowledge to the whole society, and specific legal protection to the owner for the exploitation of the invention.
The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia holds the ownership of several patents for inventions that can be provided for licensing and assignment
, after the
evaluation
of legal, ethical and economic aspects.
To facilitate the search for potentially interesting patents, we have divided the list into the area of t
echnology
patents and biotech patents.