Market research and protection of IP for the Marine Autonomous Plankton Sampler

国家奥委会已与首选供应商专利律师巴克·布雷特尔(Barker Brettel)接洽(见支持函)。国家奥委会将与律师合作起草专利。这将需要地图技术的开发者(Julie Robidart博士)和NOC企业(Paul Wilkinson博士)通过电话向Barker Brettel提供指示，如面对面的会议、审查专利草案和最终提交申请。国家奥委会将编制一份研究简报，详细介绍市场评估。这将侧重于将地图系统应用于水产养殖和环境监测市场。它将提供以下方面的信息：1.这些市场的最终用户2.向这些市场提供微生物传感技术3。市场的规模；提供给这些市场的传感器和服务的货币价值。国家奥委会将提交来自专业市场研究公司的三份研究提案。国家奥委会将评估这些建议是否适合拟议的研究方法(例如，基于案头的研究方法、电话采访)、满足研究概要的能力以及物有所值。国家奥委会正在与普华永道、DJ和Frazer Nash讨论，作为这一市场评估的潜在提供者。如果成功，此建议的市场评估将与其他成功的应用程序组合在一起，以利用规模经济并确保最佳性价比。一旦申请专利，国家奥委会将与环境、渔业和水产养殖科学中心(CEFAS)、生态和水文学中心(CEH)和环境局(EA)以及市场分析确定的任何利益相关者或最终用户合作，进一步了解他们的技术需求和应用地图进行常规环境监测的潜在市场。

The NOC has engaged with the preferred provider patent attorney, Barker Brettel (See Letter of Support). The NOC will work with the attorney to draft the patent. This will require the developers of the MAPS technology (Dr Julie Robidart) and the NOC enterprise (Dr Paul Wilkinson) to provide instructions to Barker Brettel through phone calls as face-to-face meeting, review of the patent draft and finalisation of the filing. The NOC will produce a research brief that details a market assessment. This will focus on the applications of the MAPS system to aquaculture and environmental monitoring markets. It will provide information on:1. End-users in these markets2. Providers of microbiology sensing technologies to these markets3. The size of the market; the monetary value of sensors and services provided into these markets. The NOC will tender three research proposals from expert market research companies. The NOC will evaluate these proposals for their suitability of the proposed research method (e.g. desk based, phone interview), ability to meet the research brief, and value for money. The NOC is in discussions with PWC, DJS and Frazer Nash as potential providers of this market assessment. If successful, this proposed market assessment with will be grouped with other successful applications to leverage economies of scale and secure the best value for money. Once the patent is filed, the NOC will work with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), and the Environment Agency (EA), in addition to any stakeholder or end user identified by the market analysis, to further understand their technology requirements and the potential market for MAPS application for routine environmental monitoring.