Bulletin No. 2, 2011

A Proactive Approach  7  Two funding schemes, the Patent Application Fund (PAF) and the Technology and Business Development Fund (TBF), have recently been launched by the KTO. The PAF motivates inventors to pursue intellectual property rights protection of their research achievements. The TBF supports inventors to explore the commercial potential of their inventions and facilitates technology development. Ms. Tam said that planning is underway on a KT Fellowship Programme, which provides incentives and funding support for staff members to take part in local and overseas workshops and courses on KT, or to visit the industrial sector to learn about the production proces s. By nur turing s t af f to become active practitioners, it is expected that they will encourage their colleagues to transfer knowledge. CUHK’s effort in promoting KT is recognized and applauded by the UGC. A recent letter from the latter commended the University for further sharpening the use of its funding, and encouraging innovations and interdisciplinary KT projects. It also lauded CUHK for making use of its community projects for the benefits of the community. In addition, the University’s favourable performance in commercialization and exploitation of intellectual property rights were praised. Ms. Tam remarked that such compliments were reinforced by Sir Brian Fender , KT consultant of UGC, who was very impressed by CUHK’s all-round performance during his visit to the University in October. 45.6 % Engineering 14.7 % Science 316 Number of KT projects/activities supported by resources other than the UGC KT Fund in 2010–11 495 Number of contracts executed in 2010–11 39.7 % Medicine Patents granted by discipline in 2010–11