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Stanisław Staszic Center for Technology Transfer<br />

at the Krakow University of Science and Technology<br />

address:<br />

al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, pavilion H-A2, III floor<br />

tel./fax: +48 (12) 617 32 85/+48 (12) 423 35 62<br />

e-mail/website:<br />

ctt@agh.edu.pl/www.ctt.agh.edu.pl<br />

created: 2007<br />

area: 323.4 m 2<br />

chief executive:<br />

Tomasz Pyrć<br />

contact:<br />

Tomasz Pyrć, tel. +48 (12) 617 32 85, e-mail: tomasz.pyrc@agh.edu.pl<br />

Image: Agnieszka Tazbir<br />

By fulfill<strong>in</strong>g its mission, the Center <strong>in</strong>creases awareness of mutual<br />

needs and opportunities and builds trust between academics<br />

and entrepreneurs. In 2010 alone, the Center managed to submit<br />

120 domestic patent applications and 10 <strong>in</strong>ternational ones. It also<br />

participated <strong>in</strong> establish<strong>in</strong>g two sp<strong>in</strong>-off companies and assisted<br />

<strong>in</strong> grant<strong>in</strong>g 25 bus<strong>in</strong>ess licenses.<br />

The Center creates mechanisms for facilitat<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>in</strong>tensify<strong>in</strong>g the transfer of <strong>in</strong>novative<br />

technologies from the University to entrepreneurs and other external <strong>in</strong>stitutions.<br />

Its areas of activity <strong>in</strong>clude protection of <strong>in</strong>tellectual property, technology transfer<br />

and cooperation with entrepreneurs, as well as work<strong>in</strong>g with support structures for<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>esses and self-govern<strong>in</strong>g organizations. The unit’s portfolio is targeted at all<br />

entrepreneurs who wish to use state-of-the-art technologies and knowledge <strong>in</strong> their<br />

activities, by provid<strong>in</strong>g them with access to modern solutions and support <strong>in</strong> cooperation<br />

with the University environment.<br />

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