IP & Tech Transfer —
One-stop digital governance
Harasoft PATTM is the IP governance platform for medical-university technology transfer offices. A single workflow engine handles patents, tech transfer, marketing/promotion, know-how, and other IP — 5 case types in total. The 2025 major upgrade introduced online consent, terms auto-versioning, and structured committee decisions. Running in production at the TMU Office of Business Development.
What is PATTM?
PATTM (Patent And Tech Transfer Management) is Harasoft's IP and technology transfer management system for university technology transfer offices. A single workflow engine manages 5 case types: patents, tech transfer, marketing, know-how, and other IP, with 37 form templates, 8 Excel reports, cross-border patent family tracking, online consent, terms auto-versioning, and structured committee decisions.
In production at the TMU Office of Business Development (Technology Transfer Center). Major 2025 upgrade complete.
Single workflow engine, 5 IP case types
A unified engine dispatches by case type (P/K/T/A/O). Adding a new type only requires extending the type settings — the engine itself stays unchanged.
Technology Transfer
Full commercialization flow: self-assessment → plan → vendor selection → benefit allocation → approval → fee. Royalties, briefings, attachments, vendor master data — all structured.
ad · Marketing & Promotion
Compliant filing for outward promotion of tech transfer outcomes / products: applications, contracts, certificates, samples, products, consents, attachments — all logged.
patent · Patents
Full lifecycle from disclosure to maintenance. Includes cross-border patent family, country tracking, annual fees, online inventor consent, opposition screenshot archiving.
other · Other IP
Copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and other non-patent IP — joint ownership agreements, contracts, affidavits, briefings, attachments.
knowhow · Know-how Disclosure
Structured disclosure management for technical know-how, with main info and attachment forms.
Committee Decisions
Shared committee review across 5 modules. Decision records include numeric constraints on funding ratios and amounts — structured decision records.
From paper attachments to structured data governance
In 2025, the TMU Office of Business Development and Harasoft jointly completed a deep upgrade of PATTM, turning previously scattered paper attachments and Excel sheets into trackable, auditable, quantifiable structured data.
Online Patent Consent
Inventor co-ownership consent signed online — no more paper round-trips. Structured storage.
Used to rely on paper circulation, often lost; now fully traceable in-system.
Terms Auto-Versioning
Terms version management + auto-generated new version numbers + auto-deprecated old versions. New cases use new terms; old cases preserve their originally-signed version.
Preserves the exact terms version signed at submission.
Structured Committee Decisions
Committee decisions with funding ratio / amount as numeric checks + uniqueness constraints. Zero gap between minutes and system data.
Funding totals always sum to 100%, units never confused — guarded at the DB layer.
The core principle of this upgrade: "What the meeting minutes say, and what the system records, are always the same."
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