Over the last 20 years, universities and Public Research Organizations have increased their efforts to transfer their research results towards industrial applications in order to generate economic and social impact. Among many different actions, new technology transfer offices (TTOs) have been set up and existing ones strengthened. The present paper intends to evaluate the effects of a specific policy action launched by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM) within the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), aimed at increasing the number of employees in TTOs to foster technology transfer in general and the valorization of intellectual property rights more specifically. Our results suggest that the impact of the UIBM policy action has been positive and that in some specific situations the impact was stronger. Our results therefore contribute to the technology transfer literature and can have implications for both academic research and decisions regarding investments in human resources in university TTOs.

在过去的20年中，大学和公共研究组织加大了努力，将其研究成果转移到工业应用中，以产生经济和社会影响。在许多不同的行动中，已经建立了新技术转让办公室（TTO），并加强了现有的技术转让办公室。本文旨在评估由意大利经济发展部（MISE）的意大利专利商标局（UIBM）发起的一项特定政策行动的效果，该政策旨在增加TTO中的员工数量以促进总体技术转让以及更具体地评估知识产权。我们的结果表明，UIBM政策行动的影响是积极的，并且在某些特定情况下影响更大。