Turning your research into success
We are a company of Bavarian universities and higher education institutions, and we work for Bavarian universities and higher education institutions and their researchers.
From invention disclosure and patent protection through licensing or support for your spin-out: we guide innovations along their individual path from research to market success.
Benefits for researchers
When research becomes an invention, new opportunities open up: protecting your scientific work, collaborating with industry, and transferring your results into industrial application.
Together with us, you can assess the potential of your innovation early, secure it professionally, and develop it with purpose.
Protection for your IP
Your invention remains your scientific achievement and is legally secured before it becomes public. That way you keep room to maneuver for patent protection, collaboration, and later commercialization.
Market analysis
We assess early where your technology can connect and which applications are realistic. You know whether the next step should be patenting, partner search, or another strategy.
Access to industry
Through our network of companies and startups, we find the right contacts for your technology. That is how research reaches places where application and development actually happen.
Attract third-party funding
A robust IP portfolio strengthens your position in grant applications and collaboration projects. Patents and clear IP rights make your research more tangible for funders and industry partners.
Revenue sharing
When your invention is licensed successfully, you share in the commercialization revenues. University inventors typically receive 30 percent of the income, shared proportionally among multiple inventors.
"BAYPAT has been much more than a licensing partner for us."
From the very beginning, their team combined scientific excellence with commercial expertise and guided the technology transfer process with exceptional professionalism.
Their support was instrumental in enabling TRIMT to translate innovative αvβ6- and αvβ8-integrin targeting technologies from academia into industrial development and clinical application. Particularly during challenging negotiations involving multiple stakeholders, we could always rely on BAYPAT's prompt, professional, and solution-oriented support. I especially value their pragmatic, trustworthy, and collaborative approach. BAYPAT has been an outstanding partner in transforming world-class academic innovation into tangible value for patients.
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What comes next?
Learn more about the next steps: from the patenting process and evaluating your invention through to possible commercialization.
FAQs
Yes. University inventors generally receive 30% of commercialization proceeds. If there are multiple inventors, that share is divided accordingly.
Software-related inventions can be patentable if they make a technical contribution or solve a technical problem by technical means. Pure business models, mathematical methods, or software "as such" are generally not patentable. Software is also fundamentally protected by copyright.
Yes. As soon as information about the invention is publicly accessible (papers, preprints, conference contributions, posters, abstracts, theses, websites, social media, and the like), patent protection is generally no longer available. This also applies to your own publications. If you want to publish, there is usually no need to worry: filing a patent application typically does not delay your paper. See Invention Check.
Yes, if you intend to publish your invention. See Invention Check.
It typically covers drafting and filing the priority-establishing patent application, ongoing support through examination, and subsequent follow-on filings. See Patenting Process Guide.
On behalf of the university, we assess patentability, market potential, and commercialization options. On that basis it is decided whether filing makes sense and in which countries.
On behalf of the universities, we assess benefit, market potential, competition, costs, and potential commercialization partners. The appropriate strategy is then defined on that basis.
The assessment usually takes a few weeks, depending on complexity and timing requirements.
Please contact your university's technology transfer office early. They are there to support and advise you through the next steps.
An invention is a concrete technical solution to a problem, not just an idea. Examples: a new process, a new product or device, or a new use of a known technology. See Invention Check.
Your university provides forms for this. They typically include: title and a description of the core of the invention, names of the inventors and their shares, planned or completed publications, and partners involved (companies, other institutes). See Invention Disclosure Guide.
After disclosure, the usual next steps are review, the decision on patent filing, and development of a commercialization strategy.
A license agreement governs the use of an IP right by a third party (for example a company) in return for contractually agreed consideration (for example an upfront payment, milestone payments, or royalties).
An invention disclosure summarizes the essential information about an invention. It forms the basis for assessing patentability and commercialization potential.
A patent is a time-limited exclusive right (typically 20 years) that protects your invention against imitators, can help bring your research into practice, and may generate revenue you can share in. It can also strengthen your position when seeking third-party funding and research projects. Without a patent, once your results are published they are free for anyone to use.
Know-how is unpublished, confidential practical knowledge, for example about parameters, workflows, or optimizations. It is often an important part of commercialization.
As early as possible, ideally as soon as a concrete technical solution is available. If you are unsure, contact your university's technology transfer office early for advice.
As a rule, the university bears the costs if the invention is assessed as patentable and commercially relevant.
An inventor is anyone who made a substantive contribution to the technical solution. Someone who, for example, only carried out laboratory work under instruction is generally not considered an inventor.
Inventions related to your official duties generally belong to the employer or, in a university context, to the employing institution.