A crucial part of our wider provision, specialists with particular focuses on NHS Tech Transfer, Patent and Licensing Management and our own in-house legal team support a wide range of our teams to enhance our operations.
Support for Commercialisation consists of the following teams:
Support for Commercialization is part of Research and Enterprise Operations
Patent and Licence Management
The Imperial Patent and Licence Management team oversees the protection, commercialization, and licensing of intellectual property for Imperial College innovations.
Patent and Licence Management
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Dr Laura Guida
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Dr Dario Colombo
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Ana Maria Bejarano Gomez
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Tom Duggan
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Joanne Sarao
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Dr Janna Potticary
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Kevin Tsang
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Joanne Vango
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Chloe Rosenfeld
In-house lawyers
The Imperial In-house Lawyers team in the Enterprise Division provides legal support for contracts, compliance, and intellectual property matters.
In-house lawyers
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Mark Fox
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Sophies Fages-Plantier
NHS Technology Transfer
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Manish Patel
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Catrin Owen
Spin outs
The Imperial Spinouts team in the Enterprise Division supports the creation and growth of spinout companies based on Imperial's innovations.
Spin outs
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Dr Neil Simrick
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What can I help with?
- Resident expert on the process of spinout formation, supporting the Industry Partnership and Commercialisation Teams by leading on best practice on all spinout formation matters.
- Responsible for ensuring the spinout process enables the growth in the number of spinouts at Imperial as part of the university’s mission to create impact from its research
- Responsible for the management of Imperial’s spinout equity portfolio
- Lead on all post-formation matters relating to Imperial’s spinout portfolio
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Marco Chan
What can I help with?
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Supporting the Commercialisation Team within the Enterprise Division with the spinout formation process, in particular with on equity, shareholding and general corporate matters
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Fosters relationships as appropriate with external spinout legal providers
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Supporting the Commercialisation Team within the Enterprise Division to ensure all aspects of company formation are undertaken correctly and in line with standard operating procedures
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Post-formation spinout support
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Tracking and monitoring of spinout company development
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