Technology Transfer

As a member of the Helmholtz Association, the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht has an obligation to ensure that its research findings are translated into applications for commercial use and the benefit of society. At GKSS, achieving this goal is the responsibility of the department of Legal Affairs and Technology Transfer.

Thanks to this proven blend of legal and technology-transfer expertise, our scientists are provided with comprehensive information from an in-house source on all of the legal issues affecting cooperation with third parties, developing their inventions and applying for patents. For our external partners, this combined know-how also provides a full spectrum of services in the area of technology transfer, ranging from negotiations of cooperation agreements to the awarding of licensing agreements for commercial use of GKSS technologies.

More information about the GKSS Technology Transfer concept is available here: As a member of the Helmholtz Association, GKSS has an obligation to ensure that its research findings are translated into applications for commercial use and the benefit of society. At GKSS, achieving this goal is the responsibility of the department of Legal Affairs and Technology Transfer.

Thanks to this proven blend of legal and technology-transfer expertise, our scientists are provided with comprehensive information from an in-house source on all of the legal issues affecting cooperation with third parties, developing their inventions and applying for patents. For our external partners, this combined know-how also provides a full spectrum of services in the area of technology transfer, ranging from negotiations of cooperation agreements to the awarding of licensing agreements for commercial use of GKSS technologies.

More information about the GKSS Technology Transfer concept is available here: