194-199One essential function
of a technology transfer office is the proactive management of intellectual
property related to crops and germplasm. Most of the agriculture stations and
universities over the world have established technology transfer offices to
protect their own plant varieties all over the world. This paper focuses on the patent policies,
technology transfer policies and special practices within the office of
technology commercialization at the University
of California, which, by some measures, is the largest public technology
transfer program in the worl