A FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT OF INVENTIONS: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE

Abstract

Technological development is the result of people trying to improve the quality of their lives or trying to extend

their horizons. These people are the inventors and/or innovators who are considered to be the most important

ingredient in technology. They use tools, resources, and processes in order to solve problems or to extend

capabilities. This paper examines critical issues on management of inventions such as policy implementation,

motivational strategies, training and development, linkage with industry, patenting of invention, and promo

tion of intellectual property rights. Analysis of these issues led to the conclusion that successful management of

inventions is a result of collaboration among the educational institutions, government entities, private organiza

tions, and the inventors. Inventive ideas can only be fostered in educational institutions, the excellent soil for

the spread of new ideas. The inventors’ technological urge to search and create, if supported and nurtured by

government and private entities creating an environment conducive to technological endeavors, will result to the

desired end product, technology development.