The purpose of this paper is to examine how important technology transfer offices (TTOs) – which in Portuguese are called “industrial property support offices” or GAPIs – are in terms of fostering patent applications and technology transfer in countries characterized by low performance records in these activities.,Among the existing 23 Portuguese GAPIs, only eight agreed to provide answers to a semi-structured questionnaire survey. Content analysis was performed on the data collected using NVivo software.,The results show that GAPIs play an important role in the innovation life-cycle, speeding up the transfer of knowledge and technology to society. The regulation of intellectual property (IP) ownership and royalty sharing with inventors was identified as a major result, strengthening entrepreneurial universities’ role. In addition, after the GAPIs were created, networks were formed that facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experience and promote the development of further collaborative partnerships.,This study’s results offer new insights into how GAPIs contribute to socio-economic growth by fostering more entrepreneurial universities and increasing the transfer of technology to society. In addition, these offices promote the creation of networks between GAPIs, enabling them to leverage universities’ potential for participation in socio-economic development.,No previous research has focused on GAPIs/TTOs’ point of view regarding policies that enhance IP and technology/knowledge transfer.

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分析技术转让办公室对葡萄牙创业型大学的影响

本文的目的是研究技术转让办公室（TTO）（在葡萄牙语中被称为“工业产权支持办公室”或GAPI）在促进这些国家绩效不佳的国家的专利申请和技术转让方面的重要性。在现有的23个葡萄牙GAPI中，只有8个同意提供半结构化问卷调查的答案。对使用NVivo软件收集的数据进行了内容分析。结果表明，GAPI在创新生命周期中发挥着重要作用，加快了知识和技术向社会的转移。知识产权（IP）所有权和与发明人分享专利使用费的监管被认为是主要成果，从而加强了创业型大学的作用。此外，创建GAPI后，形成了促进知识和经验共享并促进进一步合作伙伴关系发展的网络。本研究结果为通过培养更多的创业型大学和增加GAPI为社会经济增长做出贡献提供了新见解。技术向社会的转移。此外，这些办公室还促进了GAPI之间的网络的建立，使它们能够利用大学的潜力来参与社会经济发展。以前没有研究集中在GAPI / TTO关于增强IP和技术/知识传输。这项研究的结果提供了关于GAPI如何通过培养更多的创业型大学和增加技术向社会的转移对社会经济增长的贡献的新见解。此外，这些办公室还促进了GAPI之间的网络的建立，使它们能够利用大学的潜力来参与社会经济发展。以前没有研究集中在GAPI / TTO关于增强IP和技术/知识传输。这项研究的结果提供了关于GAPI如何通过培养更多的创业型大学和增加技术向社会的转移对社会经济增长的贡献的新见解。此外，这些办公室还促进了GAPI之间的网络的建立，使它们能够利用大学的潜力来参与社会经济发展。以前没有研究集中在GAPI / TTO关于增强IP和技术/知识传输。