Objective EPIPAGRI is aimed at proving the feasibility and benefit brought by joint management of intellectual property (IP) of European public research organizations (PROs) involved in agricultural sciences. The project has the ambition to bring solutions to overcome the situation of ???patent thicket??? where overlapping patents along with exclusive licensing practices hinder commercialization of innovations, increase risks of inadvertent infringing, and inflate arrangement costs. EPIPAGRI???s activities includes the development of an IP information exchange system, establishment of patent clusters according to products, and dissemination of the project results to stakeholders, including relevant external PROs, industry, networks, and policy-makers. EPIPAGRI will result in an information system composed of a database over agricultural biotechnologies patents and know-how, including histories and statuses, and a software package designed to help technology transfer experts in collecting, extracting, and analysing IP information. The second outcome from EPIPAGRI consists of patent pools ready to be proposed to internal and external PROs for joint management and industrial partners for technology transfer and commercialisation EPIPAGRI will also bring proposals of intellectual policy measures to national and European policy-makers aiming at preserving the rights for academic research to utilize public research results and facilitating access of industry, in particular SMEs, and developing countries to biotechnological innovations. EPIPAGRI will help public research better exploit and transfer their findings to industry. EPIPAGRI is expected to encourage industrialists, especially SMEs, more fully exploit European agricultural public intellectual properties EPIPAGRI will also make agricultural biotechnology inventions more accessible to emerging countries thus, contribute to enhancement of public welfare at the large extent. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnology Keywords EU competitiveness SMEs agricultural biotechnology humanitarian purposes intellectual property joint management patent clusters public research technology development technology transfer Programme(s) FP6-FOOD - Food Quality and Safety: Thematic priority 5 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) FOOD-2004-T0 - Realising ERA objectives - Promotion of SME participation - Stimulating international co-operation - Linking with Candidate Countries - Supporting policy development - Stimulating exploitation. Call for proposal FP6-2004-FOOD-3-B See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE EU contribution No data Address 147 rue de l'Université PARIS France See on map Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FLANDERS INTERUNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY VZW Belgium EU contribution No data Address Rijvisschestraat 120 GHENT (ZWIJNAARDE) See on map Total cost No data FIST S.A. - FRANCE INNOVATION SCIENTIFIQUE ET TRANSFERT France EU contribution No data Address Boulevard Exelmans, 83 PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDAÇÃO LUIS DE MOLINA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Largo dos Colegiais, 2 ÉVORA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INRA TRANSFERT France EU contribution No data Address 10 rue Vivienne PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES Spain EU contribution No data Address Passeig de Gracia, 44 BARCELONA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TEAGASC - THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Ireland EU contribution No data Address Oakpark CARLOW See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLANT BIOSCIENCE LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Hill House, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane NORWICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SZEGED-BIOPOLISZ INNOVATION SERVICES LTD. Hungary EU contribution No data Address Temesvari krt 62 SZEGED See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SVERIGES LANSBRUKSUNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution No data Address Ahreniusplan 6 UPPSALA See on map Total cost No data GARCHING INNOVATION GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Marstallstrasse 8 MUNICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UMEA UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution No data Address Universitetsomraadet UMEA See on map Total cost No data