Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the liaison between the center and the university OTCs.

• Coordinate joint projects for patent identification, protection, and promotion.

• Align OTC activities with national research priorities.

• Build and maintain a centralized patent database that compiles inventions from all partner universities.

• Support patent filing, documentation, and renewal processes.

• Monitor patent readiness levels and categorize by application area.

• Develop networks and partnerships with local and international OTCs.

• Share best practices in technology transfer, marketing strategies, and IP management.

• Facilitate collaborative research-to-market pipelines across universities.

• Maintain digital repositories of patents and research results.

• Track utilization and commercialization status of patents.

Knowledge of

• University research structures and academic collaboration models.

• Patent law, IP protection, and international conventions.

• Methods of technology assessment, valuation, and readiness evaluation.

• Knowledge of OTC networks.