Research report 2014 - Max Planck Innovation
From lab to market: Max Planck Innovation, technology transfer for the Max Planck Institutes
Authors
Berninger, Markus
Departments
Max-Planck-Innovation, München
Summary
With the claim “Connecting Science and Business”, Max Planck Innovation is partner of both science and industry. Our interdisciplinary team provides consulting and support for scientists in evaluating inventions, applying for patents, and founding companies. We offer industry a central point of access to the innovations of the Max Planck Institutes. We thus provide the important function of transferring the results of basic research into economically and socially useful products.