By Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Patents are vectors for spreading knowledge. A patent endorsed through licensing is the best method for a company or start-up to ensure the development of the subject of the patent because it grants them a monopoly on usage that will secure investment. Every year, new invention registrations originate from laboratories under CNRS supervisory authority and these are analysed by our patent engineers. They check whether the invention will be considered to be patentable by the patent office, on the basis of the technical knowledge that is publicly available (including disclosures from the researcher themselves) and whether a patent is the most suitable protection tool to promote this innovation. Once the minimum protective action has been taken, a deeper assessment of the potential of the technology begins, looking in particular at the legal potential of the patent (the chances that the patent office will issue it with a broad scope, the freedom to make use of it, and so on), maturation of the technology and its position against competitors.
