ICON 2de call Pipeline mtg

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ICON 2de call Pipeline mtg

• 3 june 2009 _at_ iMinds
• dr. M. Claire Van de Velde
• IBBT

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Program pipelinemeeting 3 june 2009

• Tips for proposal writing
• General tips
• Evaluation criteria (see document)
• IP Prior Art search
• Valorisation in proposal (new Valorisation
  dummy! See doc.)
• Remember
• Confidentiality
• IP Rules ICON
• Timeline

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Program pipelinemeeting 3 june 2009

• Read the manual!
• http//www.ibbt.be/en/project-documents

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1. Tips for proposal writing General

• General tips on proposal writing
• Management summary helder en to-the-point, geen
  overbodige algemene zinsneden, structureer je
  tekst goed Situering, Waarom, Wat is het
  probleem, hoe aanpakken, het resultaat zal
  bijdragen tot
• Verzorgde taal, Engels laten nalezen
• Geen overhaast en slordig geschreven proposal
• Delen die door Juniors geschreven zijn, zeker
  laten nalezen door senior researcher/
  onderzoeksgroepsleider

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1. Tips for proposal writing General

• Project ACRONIEM goed kiezen
• Afkortingen van onderzoeksgroepen (PATS,
  MICT.)  NIET gebruiken iets langere naam en
  affiliatie -Universiteit steeds vermelden
  experts kennen intern of in Vlaanderen gekende
  acroniemen vaak niet.
• italic instructies van sjabloon verwijderen
  uit finale proposal

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1. Tips for proposal writing General IWT-steun

• Letter of Intent zeker alinea van IWT behouden
• C.1.1 Research / Development Het gehele project
  is ofwel onderzoek ofwel ontwikkeling. Indien
  niet geef lijst van werkpakketten die als
  onderzoek/ontwikkeling geclassificeerd worden
• C.1.2 Extra funding. Duidelijk aangeven
• K(M)O kleine onderneming (20) of een
  middelgrote onderneming (10)
• Beleidstoeslag (10)
• Ofwel DTO. Een degelijke onderbouwing van het
  DTO-karakter is nodig
• Samenwerking met onderzoeksinstelling. Toeslag
  enkel als de onderzoeksinstelling betaald wordt
  door het bedrijf.

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1. Tips for proposal writing General IWT-steun

• Substantiële samenwerking (10) De extra steun
  voor substantiële samenwerking zal toegekend
  worden als voor het projectdeel waar IWT-steun
  voor aangevraagd wordt, geldt dat er minstens 1
  kmo is en dat de begroting van geen van die
  partners meer dan 70 van de begroting uitmaakt.
• B.1.5 Jaarrekening. De informatie uit de
  jaarrekening (70/74, 70 omzet, ) moet OOK
  geleverd worden als het bedrijf jaarrekeningen
  indient, aangezien deze vakjes bijna altijd niet
  doorgegeven worden.
• Begroting personeelskost (C.4.1) was niet altijd
  zorgvuldig ingevuld.
• Rekeningnummer van de bedrijfspartners die
  IWT-steun aanvragen opnemen in B.1.1. (in
  template toegevoegd).

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1. Tips for proposal writing evaluation criteria

• Welke evaluatie-ITEMS (criteria) het zijn
• versus beschrijvende zinnen met oordeel( see
  doc) dit is een werkdocument - evolueert
• Neem regelmatig de tijd om na te gaan of
  voldoende informatie over alle evaluatie-items
  in de proposal opgenomen is, vul aan, wees
  streng voor jezelf en collega-schrijvers

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1. Tips for proposal writing evaluation criteria

• Evaluation grid Scientific quality
• 1. Originality and risks of the project
• 1.1. Project purposes and originality
• 1.2. Contribution of the project compared to the
  available knowledge of the partners
• 1.3. Presence, identification and acceptability
  of the challenges/risks

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1. Tips for proposal writing evaluation criteria

• Evaluation grid Scientific quality contd
• 2. Quality of the implementation
• 2.1. Clarity/suitability of the approach
• 2.2. Feasibility of the working programme
• 2.3. Efficiency of the implementation (after
  adjustments)
• 2.4. Quality of the demonstrator
• 3. Competence of the executors
• 3.1. Expertise and resources available in the
  consortium
• 3.2 Added-value and quality of the
  collaboration, including crucial subcontractors
• 3.3. Track record with respect to prior IWT and
  IBBT projects
• 3.4. Collaborative nature of the consortium

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1. Tips for proposal writing evaluation criteria

• Evaluation grid - Valorisation potential
• 1. Relevance of the project to the project
  partners
• 1.1. Innovative nature with respect to the
  activities of the partners (scored by IWT on
  technical grounds)
• 1.2. Growth path
• 1.3. Importance of the ICON project for the
  envisaged valorisation
• 2. Opportunities and threats in the market
• 2.1. Realistic market prospects
• 2.2. Market structure and competition
• 2.3. Requirements with respect to surrounding
  factors (regulation, policy measures, etc.)

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1. Tips for proposal writing evaluation criteria

• Evaluation grid - Valorisation potential contd
• 3. Strenghts weaknesses of the partners
• 3.1. Starting point and strategic alliances of
  the partners
• 3.2. Track record of the partners (or their
  management) with respect to innovation
• 3.3. Protection of intellectual property
• 4. Social economical impact of the project in
  Flanders (scored by IWT on technical grounds)
• 4.1. Impact on employment and investments
• 4.2. Risks
• 4.3. Social spillovers (other than employment
  (i.e., health,)

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1. Tips for proposal writing evaluation criteria

• Evaluation grid - Valorisation potential contd
• 5. Social economical impact
• 5.1. Impact on qualitative employment and
  investments
• 5.2. Impact on RD follow-up tracks
• 5.3. Social effects on the partners of the ICON
  project
• 5.4. Social added-value (spillover greater than
  target groups present in the project)
• 5.5. Social economical effects on the sector
• 5.6. Social cohesion

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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search
Why bother?

• 1/3 is re-inventing the wheel
• Know market competition
• Freedom to operate
• Ownership RD results
• Protect creativity
• ROI² (return on innovation investment)

Source Seven deadly sins of the inventor - EPO
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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search
Added value

• Technological advance - improvement
• Conceptual change
• Business asset
• Licensing
• Cross-licensing
• Scientific reputation

Sales Marketing
Investment banking
Additional income Partnerships
Mainly research area
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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search
Integrate IP in your business model

• Start asap, i.e.during ideageneration
• IP landscape
• state-of-the-art
• freedom to operate
• market competition
• red sea vs blue ocean strategy

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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search

• Number 1 Google !!!
• Free patent databases
• Non-patent literature
• Other...

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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search
Prior-art search free patent databases

• Espacenet
• http//ep.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?localeen_V
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• USPTO
• http//patft.uspto.gov/
• Google patents
• http//www.google.com/patents
• Patentscope
• http//www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/index.jsp

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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search
Prior-art search non-patent literature

• Google scholar
• http//scholar.google.be
• IEEE Xplore
• http//ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp
• ACM Digital Library
• http//portal.acm.org/dl.cfm

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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search
Patents for software

• Computer Implemented Inventions are in principle
  patentable
• Referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal
• No patents on trivial inventions
• No source code necessary
• Patent applications create transparency
• Patents secure competitiveness

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1. Tips for proposal writing Prior Art Search
F/OSS freedom to copy, modify, distribute
Free Software Foundation GPL, (LGPL), AGPL Most
famous example GNU OS with Linux Kernel aka
Linux Typical for FSF licenses Strong copyleft,
viral effect
Apache Software Foundation ASL Most famous
example Apache webserver Typical for ASL
licenses Milder copyleft, no viral effect
?
University OS licenses MIT (Massachusetts) BSD
(Berkeley) Very liberal, no copyleft
Other well-known OS licences MPL (Mozilla) EPL
(Eclipse) Both weak copyleft
Learn more about open source? Open Source
Initiative www.opensource.org
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1. Tips for proposal writing Valorisation

• Call 1 5 out of 13 had a WP valorisation/Busi
  ness M
• Valorisation dummy guidance tool for
  inspiration only
• Clarify your innovation purpose and valorisation
  course
• advisable to capture value chain/network
  analysis, business modelling and valorisation
  tasks in separate WP
• Deliverable valorisation plan
• Note do not copy-paste dummy, make your own
• Key items to tackle
• Potential market(s) B2B, B2C, B2B2C,
  public/private
• Freedom to operate/competition
• Business model(s)
• Value chain/value network
• Social added value
• See doc

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2. Remember Confidentiality

• Careful with disclosures!
• Fatal for grant of patent in most countries,
  before application is filed
• Public could be consulted or known
• Use Non-Disclosure Agreement
• Careful with opinions on patentability of
  inventions!
• Carefully date, document and save inventions!
• Keep strictly confidential and mark
  Confidential!

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2. Remember Non-Disclosure Agreement

• Types
• One-way
• Two-way
• Specific
• Use
• Whenever technical information has to be
  disclosed in closed (controllable) environment
• Including when patent application has been filed,
  during 18 months temporal secrecy period

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2. Remember IP Rules ICONICON
Background/Sideground Foreground
Side-ground
Input Output
Fore-ground
Project
Back-ground
positive list
Side-ground
Parallel-to-project output
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2. Remember IP rules ICONOwnership Access
Rights
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3. Remember Timeline 2009 2nd ICON call

• 18 May 2009 Deadline for project ideas
  announcement
• 15 June 2009 ? 18 june 2009 (12u00 noon)
• Final due date submission project porposals
• December 2009 Decision on proposals
• January 2010 Anticipated starting date for
  projects
• Save the dateInstruction discussions on (ca 2
  hours/proposal)
• 25/8 26/8 27/8 28/8 1/9 2/9 4/9
• Next call December 2009

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Program pipelinemeeting 3 june 2009

• Read the manual!
• http//www.ibbt.be/en/project-documents