Agentic Invention Assessment
Turn new disclosures into decision-ready commercialization assessments, with a clear view of readiness, market potential, and next development steps.
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Agentic Commercialization Studio
Develop a route from invention to licensing or spinout readiness, with potential licensees, partner-ready materials, and a spinout business case and funding options.
Agentic Research Partnerships
Build a pipeline of research partnership opportunities by matching industry needs and academic expertise, then preparing funding, proposal, and impact briefs.
Evidence for research commercialization decisions
Scope assessments and research briefs around a defined university question. Work can use public sources and project materials the university authorizes; your team reviews the evidence and makes decisions.
Representative research outcomes
Assessments and briefs are scoped to defined university questions, using public sources and materials the institution authorizes.
Invention Commercialization Assessment
Assess one invention or compare a supplied set to identify its evidence, market potential, and next TTO decision.
Technology Readiness Assessment (TRL)
Assess supplied technical evidence against a stated TRL framework, showing maturity, evidence gaps, and next validation needs.
Patent and Technology Landscape
Map a research domain's technology paths, public patent and publication signals, relevant organizations, maturity gaps, and next search priorities.
Market and Competitive Assessment
Summarize public market context, competing approaches, and evidence gaps relevant to a commercialization decision.
Commercialization Route Assessment
Compare licensing, spinout, partnership, and further-validation routes for a research asset, with dependencies and evidence gaps.
Licensee Scouting
Find and prioritize companies that could develop or commercialize a university technology using public evidence and fit.
Technology Marketing Brief
Turn an approved, non-confidential technology description into a concise evidence-grounded brief for potential partners or licensees.
Spinout Business Case
Prepare a decision-ready spinout case covering the market, venture model, IP dependencies, economics, milestones, and unresolved approvals.
Industry Partner Scouting
Find companies that match a defined research capability or collaboration need and prioritize whom to approach.
Research Expertise Matching
Find researchers and groups whose documented expertise complements a defined research need.
Research Funding Opportunity Search
Find relevant funding calls and return a sourced shortlist with purpose, fit, eligibility signals, and timing to verify.
Research Proposal Preparation
Turn supplied project material and a chosen call's requirements into a structured proposal draft with evidence gaps and review owners.
Research Impact Evidence Brief
Assemble a factual, sourced account of research outcomes, beneficiaries, contribution evidence, limitations, and evidence gaps.
Why trust FifthRow
FifthRow runs this as an always-on mandate: continuous sensing on cadence, evidence attached to every claim, and advisors where judgment or executive fit needs a human surface. Prior logic stays available so the next cycle does not start from zero.
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Which of these is you?
You already pay to have disclosures assessed externally
TTO directors and licensing managers who commission market or commercialization research for selected disclosures.
A scoped, sourced assessment of research potential and the evidence relevant to the next TTO decision.
You are standing up structured disclosure assessment for the first time
Offices defining or restarting how they assess research commercialization opportunities.
A defined question, agreed evidence sources, and a clear account of findings and open gaps.
Your team needs research for a specific decision
Offices with licensing and commercialization staff who need research support for a specific decision.
Research briefs and documented evidence gaps for your team to review. Decisions and external outreach remain with your office.
Proof
Invention assessment that keeps pace with the disclosure pipeline
From days of invention assessment to decision-ready reviews in hours
Leading US research university TTO
08/2026
81
structured reviews in 12 monthsFrom 72 patents to 4 commercialisation-ready technologies
Top-ranked Middle East research university
08/2026
94%
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Questions buyers ask about this function
A scoped research and advisory service that helps university teams assess research potential, compare commercialization routes, and find relevant partners using public evidence and materials the university authorizes. Your team makes the decisions.
It assesses one invention or compares a supplied set to identify evidence, market potential, and the next TTO decision. A separate Technology Readiness Assessment (TRL) can review supplied technical evidence against a stated framework; it is not a certification.
An invention commercialization assessment can compare a supplied set using agreed questions and available evidence. It supports your team’s review; it does not create governance rankings or make committee or budget decisions.
It identifies potential companies or research groups from public evidence and a defined fit. Scouting does not include contacting those organizations or securing conversations.
No. Public-source market research does not establish demand through interviews; partner scouting does not mean outreach has happened; and patent landscape research is not legal advice, patentability advice, or a freedom-to-operate opinion.
Start with a conversation about the research asset, partner need, funding call, or impact question. We can scope the appropriate assessment or evidence brief from there.
We can research public information and use project materials your university authorizes. A Technology Marketing Brief requires an approved, non-confidential description.
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From 72 patents to 4 commercialisation-ready technologies
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A full year's validated-concept target, met in the first quarter
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