30. Calls for the adoption of the single European patent and further development and European coordination of instruments and programmes (such as innovation vouchers) that promote SMEs' innovation management capacity, their access to research and innovation services and other knowledge-based business services (business modelling, risk assessment, etc.); points in particular to Member States' best-case practices of university-based technology transfer centres that facilitate SME access to R calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of creating a European patent fund to facilitate these technology ...[+++] transfers between research centres and businesses, in particular innovative SMEs;

30. Calls for the adoption of the single European patent and further development and European coordination of instruments and programmes (such as innovation vouchers) that promote SMEs' innovation management capacity, their access to research and innovation services and other knowledge-based business services (business modelling, risk assessment, etc.); points in particular to Member States' best-case practices of university-based technology transfer centres that facilitate SME access to R calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of creating a European patent fund to facilitate these technology ...[+++] transfers between research centres and businesses, in particular innovative SMEs;

28. Calls for the adoption of the single European patent and further development and European coordination of instruments and programmes (such as innovation vouchers) that promote SMEs’ innovation management capacity, their access to research and innovation services and other knowledge-based business services (business modelling, risk assessment, etc.); points in particular to Member States’ best-case practices of university-based technology transfer centres that facilitate SME access to R calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of creating a European patent fund to facilitate these technology ...[+++] transfers between research centres and businesses, in particular innovative SMEs;

a European patents fund to facilitate technology transfers between research centres and businesses, in particular innovative SMEs,

Governments also play a supervisory role and can act to prevent patent owners from abusing these rights (anti-competitive practices) or hampering the transfer of technology.The TRIPS agreement allows for limited exceptions to patent rights.

c) studying measures to support technology transfer mechanisms, such as financing of patent pools or other methods for patent exploitation.