RTTP Continuing Education Points
This series of courses is recognised by ATTP. Those who successfully complete the courses are eligible to claim Continuing Education (CE) points towards the RTTP status.
RTTP is an international professional standard for technology transfer practitioners working in universities, industry, and government. Those who accumulate 60 CE points in ATTP-accredited training and satisfy other requirements can apply for RTTP status.
About ATTP
ATTP is an alliance of 16 technology transfer associations. Its mission is to establish internationally recognized standards to promote professional certification of technology transfer professionals, and enhance practitioner capabilities through its recognised training courses.
The International Strategic Technology Alliance (ISTA) is one of ATTP’s member associations. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), a member of ISTA, offers ATTP-recognized courses.
RTTP-certified professionals are recognised globally by employers, peers and business partners as:
- Experienced and skilled professional with a proven record of achievement
- Capable of creating high-value outcomes
- Skilled, trustworthy, visionary, and resilient
- Trained and/or certified to perform effectively and build strong networks
To learn more about ATTP, RTTP and Candidate RTTP, please visit: https://attp.global/.
— Target Audience —
- 3 years or above hands-on experience in technology transfer processes; AND
- Familiar with the common practices of technology transfer.
Modules
(53 contact hours)Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Screen large patent inventories and conduct evaluations to assess technology's market potential and patentability.
- Utilize comprehensive evaluation frameworks to assess technologies from market data, technology readiness (using TRL), and intellectual property perspectives to inform strategic decision-making, e.g., prioritize technologies for further investment.
- Employ both qualitative and quantitative methods for technology valuation, including the Cost, Market, and Income approaches, in practical scenarios.
- Integrate technology valuation practices into the overall technology transfer workflow to enhance marketing strategies, transaction efficiency, and financial returns.
- Design market research, segmentation, positioning and promotion plans that align with technology maturity and valuation results.
- Integrate assessment, valuation and marketing into a coherent transfer process that fits Chinese legal/policy requirements.
- Early-stage Assessment and Market Insight
- Valuation and Value Proposition Design
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Analyze the current landscape, challenges, regulatory requirements, and unique characteristics of technology transfer in the contexts of Chinese HEIs/research institutes/enterprises
- Comprehend common technology transfer pathways
- Analyze pros/cons, risk points, and typical use cases of each technology transfer pathway
- Identify key success factors in effective technology transfer across technology, market, team, and institutional dimensions
- Link pathways with appropriate tech transfer tools
- Master the key success factors of in technology transfer
- Develop institutional commercialization strategies
- Technology Transfer Pathways
- Developing Instiutional Commercialization Strategies
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Understand the organisation characteristics and management challenges of university technology transfer functions.
- Apply role and responsibility frameworks to clarify accountability in technology transfer processes.
- Manage technology transfer projects using matrix management principles.
- Design balanced performance management systems using KPIs, and Balanced Scorecard approaches.
- Understand governance roles, equity structures, and benefit-sharing arrangements in technology transfer and spin-off contexts.
- Identify and deploy appropriate talent based on competency, skills, and professional traits.
- Organisation and Project Team Design for Successful Technology Transfer
- Bridging Success: Balanced Scorecard for Technology Transfer Offices (TTO)
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Familiarise participants with different business analytic tools and the lean startup approach for technology venturing.
- Develop participants’ techniques on using different business analytic tools in validating the market potential of technology.
- Develop participants’ understanding of market validation process for technology commercialisation
- Understanding Lean Startup Concept
- Defining Value Proposition and Customer Discovery
- Translating Value Proposition into Minimum Viable Product
- Estimating Market Size and Conduct Competitive Analysis
- Disserting Business Model Canvas
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the principles, legal frameworks, diverse types, and strategic imperatives of intellectual property licensing, with a specialized focus on domestic practices, regulatory nuances, and the operational environment in China.
- Master the strategic and operational competencies required to effectively initiate, plan, and prepare IP licensing schemes, encompassing IP portfolio assessment, organizational structuring for licensing activities, financial resources obtaining within Chinese institutional and corporate settings.
- Acquire proficiency in financial modeling for licensing, developing tailored royalty programs for either Knowhow intensive or Patent intensive IP Portfolio.
- Critically analyze and apply practical insights derived from Chinese case studies, risk management frameworks, and evolving market trends to enhance professional judgment and overall effectiveness in managing intellectual property assets for licensing and navigating the technology transfer landscape in China.
- Essential of Intellectual Property Licensing and Decision Making for a Licensing Scheme
- Forming a Licensing Portfolio based on IP Types and Readiness of a Licensing Scheme; Selecting Licensing Types based on Various Perspectives
- Establish a Licensing- focused Entity
- Mastering IP Licensing Financial Support, Royalty scheme designing
- Licensing for Technology Transfer Office (TTO) in China
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Deconstruct complex scientific and technological achievements into a clear set of "technical products" that convey their value proposition in industry-centric language.
- Systematically identify, segment, and prioritize potential industry partners and customers based on a variety of strategic, technical, and commercial criteria.
- Apply a multi-faceted approach to need acquisition, using both indirect methods (e.g., market analysis, strategic inference) and direct methods (e.g., structured interviews, direct observation) to gather comprehensive requirements.
- Critically analyze and filter collected needs, distinguishing genuine, high-potential demands from superficial, inauthentic "pseudo-demands."
- Conduct robust evaluations of a technology need's commercial value and feasibility, considering factors like market size, competitive landscape, and the client's capacity for adopting the technology.
- Develop and implement a systematic process for managing a dynamic “technology need pool," to track, update, and manage stakeholder expectations throughout the transfer lifecycle.
- Facilitate more effective collaboration between research institutions and industry by understanding their respective motivations, challenges, and internal management processes.
- Essential of Demand Identification: Perspectives, Technical Contribution Effects, and Initial Customer Analysis
- Comprehensive Demand Collection Using Leveraging Diverse Indirect Analysis Tools and Direct Engagement
- Analyzing and Screening Technology Demands: Ensuring Validity, Value, and Feasibility
- Continuous Management of Technology Demands by TTOs, and Best Practices from an Industrial Perspectives
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Explain the IP system and how it supports technology transfer in the Chinese Mainland.
- Distinguish key IP types (patent, copyright, trademark, design, trade secret) and match them to typical R&D outcomes.
- Understand patentability requirements and common exclusions in China, and manage timing of publications and disclosures.
- Apply concepts of inventorship, ownership and service inventions in Chinese university and enterprise collaboration settings.
- Outline the role of international IP systems (WIPO, TRIPS, PCT) for Chinese institutions seeking overseas protection and collaboration.
- Summarise core elements of institutional IP and technology transfer policies in China and know what to do when IP is created.
- IP Types, Protectable R&D Outcomes, and Patent Requirements in the Chinese Mainland
- Inventorship, Ownership and Service Inventions under Chinese Law
- International IP Protection Strategies and Institutional IP Policy
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Understand how Intellectual Property (IP) and Technology Transfer (TT) policies in China affect disclosure, patenting and commercialization decisions.
- Explain how IP strategy supports institutional research, collaboration and commercialisation goals, and where key stakeholders add value.
- Identify and map key IP assets of a research project or lab and diagnose portfolio gaps, overlaps, priorities and low value items.
- Apply a structured invention disclosure process that captures essential technical details, inventorship, funding and collaboration context, and commercial potential in a form useful for evaluation and decision making.
- Conduct and interpret basic prior art and preliminary FTO searches using Chinese and international patent resources.
- Propose realistic portfolio optimisation and management practices for their own institution or lab, aligned with Chinese regulations and incentives.
- IP Strategy in the Research-to-Market Path
- IP Protection Foundation: Invention Disclosure, Prior-Art Search and FTO Analysis
- IP Portfolio Management: Patent Drafting, Filling Strategies, and Institutional Practices
Upon completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:
- Differentiate major fundraising pathways which are suitable for early-stage or growth-stage technology ventures
- Evaluate investment instruments and explain how they affect ownership and control
- Interpret key term sheet provisions and shareholder rights
- Interpret capitalization tables to assess equity structure, funding scenarios, and dilution dynamics
- Design post-investment governance and stakeholder communication practices
- Identify operational and strategic requirements for scaling a technology venture
- Formulate exit strategies that balance founder objectives and investor expectations
- Recognize key intellectual property, regulatory, and due diligence issues that affect fundraising, growth, and exit outcomes
- Fundraising, Investment Instruments, and Valuation
- Post-Investment Management, Scaling, and Exit Planning
