He believes university technology transfer offices can offer the entrepreneurial expertise and objectivity that faculty need so that they can fully understand the best business route to take. (sciencemag.org)
Commercial firms often deal (at least initially) with central university technology transfer units rather than individual academics, so the benefits of your background have less impact there. (sciencemag.org)
First, it requires university technology transfer offices to adopt a policy committing them to manage patent assets in the public interest. (eff.org)