{"id":7699,"date":"2025-07-25T23:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekfz.uni-goettingen.de\/july-2-2025-ekfz-academy-workshop\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T23:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:09:03","slug":"july-2-2025-ekfz-academy-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ekfz.uni-goettingen.de\/en\/july-2-2025-ekfz-academy-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2, 2025 | EKFZ Academy Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row row_type=&#8221;main-section&#8221; stukram_section_layout=&#8221;section_grid&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4>Unlocking Innovation: the Strategic Power of Patents<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cIn the biotechnology sector, the time to first venture capital financing is shortened by 76% if the company has at least one patent application.\u201d (Study \u201cTo Be Financed or Not \u2013 The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing\u201d)<br \/>\nThis is just one of many reasons why patents are crucial for the thriving development of a life science company. In the EKFZ Academy workshop, participants learned how to successfully utilize and protect their innovations and why patents are an economic asset for academia and industry. Intellectual property experts Dr. Stefan Uhle (MBM ScienceBridge), Markus Rieck and Dr. Nico Riffel (both Fuchs Patentanw\u00e4lte) provided strategies for the efficient exploitation of scientific inventions and explained the basics of patent application and law. Furthermore, Dr. Lennart Wei\u00df (<strong>KWINTELY<\/strong> Intelligence) revealed how patent search can be simplified and accelerated by using the software <strong>KWINTELY.<\/strong>   <\/p>\n<p>To successfully file a patent, the following aspects should be considered:<br \/>\n\u2022 your innovation has to be novel, inventive and industrially applicable<br \/>\n\u2022 do not publish your invention before filing a patent<br \/>\n\u2022 use non-disclosure agreements (NDA) with potential partners<br \/>\n\u2022 document experiments, including fails<br \/>\n\u2022 speed of operation is your key benefit<\/p>\n<p><strong>We would like to thank the speakers for their excellent and informative presentations and the valuable discussions!<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;main-section&#8221; stukram_section_layout=&#8221;section_grid&#8221;][vc_column][vc_masonry_media_grid gap=&#8221;20&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1753477832983-1ced77ce-98ef-8&#8243; 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