Intellectual Property & Commercialisation - Keele University

Intellectual Property and Commercialisation

Research and Enterprise Services identify, protect and manage the commercial application, expertise and intellectual property.

Our goals:

  • Increase the exchange of knowledge and intellectual property between the University's research base and businesses, social enterprises and other organisations
  • Re-invest revenues and increase our activities for future benefit to the economy and society
  • Develop the benefits gained by our commercial and not-for-profit partners

Our aim:

  • Achieving maximum business potential
  • Providing access to innovative business ideas and technology via licences
  • Marketing innovation and developing new commercial partnerships
  • Creating companies to commercialise use expertise and intellectual property

Research & Enterprise Services provides businesses with access to existing and potential intellectual property (IP) from Keele University. We currently have a number of spin-out companies which have been created using IP developed at Keele University. We have also supported the development of other companies and work closely with start-up companies on the Keele University Science & Business Park. Spin-out companies from Keele University include: