VTT is the leading technology research institute in Finland. They help societies and companies drive sustainable growth and tackle the biggest global technology challenges of our time.
In order to be the leading innovation partner and to support the visionary research and development objectives, it requires state-of-the-art tools and solutions to manage it all. VTT has been a Greip® Complete customer and active user since 2016.
Being in the sweet spot where innovation and business come together, Greip® supports their innovation programs that help the society and companies in turning them into growth opportunities.
VTT utilizes Greip to its full potential by managing the invention disclosure handling process, IP agent collaboration, patent and trademark management, internal IP communication as well as patent licensing and sales activities. All within the Greip® solution. Over the years, the Greip team has also helped VTT to streamline their internal communication and processes around IP management.
“Greip enables us to run our IP management very efficiently and provides our patent boards and IP management professionals a tool for communication and decision making regarding our IP. For our sales team we use Greip to find and monitor business relevant IP and to create sales portfolios for licensing or acquisition purposes. Overall we’re very happy with the close collaboration with the Greip team and their professional attitude towards creating a business-oriented IP management tool.”, comments Pia Sundell, Senior IP Officer at VTT.
VTT is a state owned and controlled non-profit limited liability company. It provides research and innovation services and information for domestic and international customers and partners, both in private and public sectors. VTT offers over 75 years of experience of top-level research and science-based results, with turnover and other operating income of 268 M€. In 2018 VTT produced 486 international publications, owned 363 patent families and processed 239 invention disclosures.