Technology Transfer Network in Oman

Dr. Obaid Al Saeedi

Director of Research Programs
The Research Council (TRC)
 Technology Transfer Essential services
Academia – Industry –
IP Awareness Government
IP Management Commercialization Linking Oman
& training (AIG) Linkage

• Feasibility study
(Negotiation with • Technology
industry, Licensing IP exhibitions
• IP awareness • Invention disclosure to industry, drafting • Scouting for projects • Collaborative
workshops and • Invention evaluation license agreement, from industry & innovation
training (prior art search) post-license follow-up) government platform
• Patent Database • Patentability report • Business consultation • Market innovations • International
search service • IP drafting • Create new startup to industry & linkage through
• Patent search training • IP filling (pre-incubation, seed government SKTO MFA
fund support) • Industry-academia
• Prototyping competitions
facilitation

Local TTO services

Offered to students, researchers, innovators

National TTO services

Offered to Local TTOs
Offered to TRC/IPM research & innovation projects and to community
 Strategic, national vision, policy making, nation-wide activities
SKTO MFA
National Technology
National IP Transfer office at TRC
Office -MoC

Executive, front desk services Local office

Government
Local office
Local office
Academia
Local office

Local office Local office

Industry
• The Role of The National Technology Transfer Office (NTTO) at TRC:
• Helps establish local TTOs

• Supports IP awareness and training activities done at local TTOs

• Supports in setting local TTO policies

• Provides AIG linkage and Linking Oman services

• Provides IP management and commercialization services to TRC/IPM research

& innovation projects

• Provides IP management and commercialization services to requests coming

from the community

• Facilitates international linkage through SKTO in Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 Interaction Between NTTO and Local TTOs
Tier 2 Local office
IP awareness & training
NTTO
• IP awareness
workshops and
IP Awareness support AIG Linkage support training
• Patent Database
search service
Tier 1 Local office • Linkage to WIPO • National Technology • Patent search
• Invite international exhibitions training
speakers • Support linkage
IP awareness & training
• Host conferences and between local IP Management
• IP awareness national training offices and industry
• Invention disclosure
workshops and programs • Organize national • Invention evaluation
training • IP policy support AIG competitions (prior art search)
• Patent Database • Set national TTO • Patentability report
search service policies • IP drafting
Linking Oman • IP filling
• Patent search • Scouting for projects
training from industry &
• Collaborative
government
innovation platform Commercialization
• Market innovations
• International linkage
to industry &
through SKTO MFA • Feasibility study
government
• Business consultation
• Create new startup
• Prototyping facilitation
Interaction between NTTO and TRC/IPM projects
TRC/IPM

R&D centers
NTTO
IP Management Commercialization Fabrication workshop

• Invention disclosure • Feasibility study

• Invention evaluation (Negotiation with
Incubation services
(prior art search) industry, Licensing IP to
• Patentability report industry, drafting
• IP drafting license agreement, Research & Innovation programs
• IP filling post-license follow-up)
• Business consultation
Research programs: Block Funding, Research Chairs,
• Create new startup
(incubation Strategic Research Programs, etc…
Linking Oman
management, seed iHUB
fund)
AIG Linkage • Prototyping facilitation
EIAP IIAP CIAP
Achievements

14 Colleges signed 2 Colleges funded by TRC Second Call to support Workshops and
agreement to join (20,000 OMR each) Private Colleges and training on TT,
the Network • Musana Tech College Universities IP, Patent and
• 7 Applied Science • Sohar Applied Science (Announcement on 15 IP Policy
Colleges Dec, 2019
• 7 Technical Colleges
 Pillars Needed for Enabling and Sustaining a
Productive Regional Network of NNTO’s
• Capacity Building (Academia, Industry, and Government)
• Knowledge Transfer from well-established organizations (e.g., WIPO)
• Having a common platform to share best practices
• A Champion (e.g., ESCWA)
• Political Will
Thank You