Consulting for Inventors

Are you employed at GSI or FAIR and have developed an idea or invention with potential applications beyond research—for example in industry or medicine?

Then you are in the right place! Technology transfer supports you in assessing the potential of your results and in initiating the appropriate steps to protect and further develop your intellectual property.

Your Idea – Our Commitment

Inventions arise when technical challenges are solved in novel ways or existing approaches are improved. An invention can be a new device, material, process, software solution, or application. The decisive factors are novelty, inventiveness, and industrial applicability – criteria that we assess together with you.

Our Services for Inventors

GSI's technology transfer service supports you from the initial idea to the application. Depending on the application of the results generated, different transfer paths can be considered:

• Patent applications and intellectual property rights: We will assess the commercial applicability of your invention and develop a suitable commercialization strategy in parallel with the intellectual property rights or patent application process. In this way, we ensure that protection and utilization prospects are coordinated from the outset.
• Technical know-how: Technical know-how encompasses confidential, unpublished technical knowledge, which is essential for the development or application of a technology and should not be readily accessible to outside sources. We advise you on how to protect, document, and use such knowledge within a collaboration or licensing model.
• Open-Source Software and Hardware: We support you in evaluating the application potential, choosing a suitable license, developing a business model, documenting, and publishing.
• Skills and expertise: Specialized technical or scientific knowledge can also be transferred in the form of a service, consultations, or contract research. We would work with you to establish the appropriate terms and conditions for collaboration.
• Development projects: We support you in planning and implementing R&D projects to further develop and validate technologies, as well as determining the compatibility for potential partners.
• Funding: We advise you on suitable funding programs and financing opportunities for development and transfer projects.

Utilization Prospects

Our goal is to work with you to develop a suitable transfer and commercialization strategy during the inception stage of the innovation, ideally before publication or patent application. The early approach allows us to lay the foundation to unlock the greatest potential.

Why Contact Us?

With many years of experience, methodical expertise, and a broad network, we provide structured support throughout the process ­– from the initial idea to implementation in applied research, industry, medicine, or other fields.

Please reach out to us. Together, we will advance your innovation.

For more information on the intellectual property and patent application process, please visit the Patents and Licenses Group's page.