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Perspectives on Intellectual Property from Botswana’s Publicly Funded Researchers
Table 15.9: Roles of institutions
Principal roles of
your institution in
harnessing benefits
from publicly
funded research
Academic
institutions
PROs
Type of institution
Industry/
consulting
firms
Government/
NGOs
Total
Notification of
funding bodies of any
identified valuable
inventions created
using public funds
Taking ultimate
responsibility for
commercialising
inventions by adopting
a time limit for
applying for a patent
Establishment of
an IP management
infrastructure
Allocating a certain
proportion of granted
funds towards
exploitation of IP
rights
Ensuring the inclusion
of knowledge transfer
or commercialisation
as an express
component of mission
statement
95% 84% 67% 83% 92%
74% 40% 67% 50% 67%
91% 68% 67% 83% 87%
83% 84% 67% 50% 81%
69% 72% 100% 67% 86%
funding bodies of any identified, valuable inventions created using public
funds. The establishment of an IP management infrastructure was also
considered important (87%). Respondents were also strongly concerned
(86%) about ensuring the inclusion of knowledge transfer or commercialisation
as an express component of their institutions’ mission statements.
Notifying funding bodies of valuable inventions created using public funds
was a top priority of researchers in academic institutions and PROs (95% and
84%, respectively). Conversely, respondents from industry felt that the top
priority of their institutions should be the inclusion of knowledge transfer
or commercialisation as an express component of the institution’s mission
statement (100%).
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