Linksium helps researchers transfer technologies and create businesses

This involves meeting potential users of your technology, understanding their needs, expectations, constraints and uses before selecting a priority application. This task is conducted during meetings at specialised exhibitions or specific market surveys, as well as industrial events. It enables the specification for the demonstrator to be developed and then adjusted during the maturation stage.

This is the very heart of the project! Starting from your research results, a demonstrator that satisfies the market’s expectations is produced for the application. This is done in the laboratory, under your supervision, by the engineer recruited for maturation, if any, or possibly by specialist subcontractors. This demonstrator is tested and characterised in an environment representative of actual use.

A fundamental requirement for transfer! This concerns mostly patents, but also software and know-how: the consolidation of the rights existing at the start of the project and possibly the creation of new rights based on maturation developments. Objective: to guarantee a competitive advantage to those exploiting your innovation in the future.

A key factor of a successful transfer! At the start of the maturation stage, a team must be formed for the project, often comprising an engineer or PhD recruited for their technical skills as well as their motivation for the transfer. At the end of the maturation stage, each member of the team has a clearly defined role for the next stage of the project.