The Office of Biotechnology Transfer, that functionally reports to the Scientific Director, is in charge of the process of conferring added value to the scientific and biomedical research, of the management of intellectual property, patents and know – how, and of the creation of spin – off companies.
Facts and figures (updated to Dec. 2009):
-    295 sponsored research and industrial collaboration contracts
-    96 patents
-    38 patents families
-    52 licenses.