Eleven results were developed by SMEs in total and their beneficiaries hold exclusively the ownership rights. All SMEs conducted a patent search in order to investigated whether the future exploitation of their results could be at risk due to competition in the respective fields of activity. The technical partners reported that they do not recognize in the market any already patented solutions that could impede the commercialization of their components. The reason for that is that the components which are similar to their innovations and are either commercialized, patented or published, have different focus areas and different target markets. This finding is very important for the SMEs as it signifies that they could bring their Z-Fact0r results up to TRL9 and put them in the market, thus, fostering their financial stance and increasing their in-house know-how and expertise.
Comment:
Eleven results were developed by SMEs in total and their beneficiaries hold exclusively the ownership rights. All SMEs conducted a patent search in order to investigated whether the future exploitation of their results could be at risk due to competition in the respective fields of activity. The technical partners reported that they do not recognize in the market any already patented solutions that could impede the commercialization of their components. The reason for that is that the components which are similar to their innovations and are either commercialized, patented or published, have different focus areas and different target markets. This finding is very important for the SMEs as it signifies that they could bring their Z-Fact0r results up to TRL9 and put them in the market, thus, fostering their financial stance and increasing their in-house know-how and expertise.