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Technology Transfer (TT)

Location: Kenney Hall, Rm 44-328Ìý |Ìý Phone: 334-727-8985Ìý |Ìý Fax: 334-724-4881Ìý |Ìý Email: fmossgrant@tuskegee.edu


Technology Transfer (TT) provides services for ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University Innovators, from protecting intellectual property to the commercialization of new discoveries through licensing and/or new enterprise development. It serves as a link between the commercial marketplace and ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University faculty. TT offers ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University researchers expertise and guidance regarding the protection of intellectual property, including patents and copyrights, and in seeking licensing agreements with commercial entities to take ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University research developments into the marketplace for the public benefit.

Technology Transfer is led by the Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs. Ìý

¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University Technology Transfer Process

The Office of Technology Transfer aims for efficiencyÌýand expediency inÌýhandling your inventions and innovative new ideas.
Below are the steps our office takes to help you begin the journey toÌýprotecting your intellectual property.Ìý

Step 1
Research
Step 2
File a Disclosure
Step 3Ìý
Present your Invention

Research activities often lead toÌýdiscoveries
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An invention is any usefulÌýprocess,
machine, composition of matter, or any
new or useful improvement of the same.Ìý

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File a Disclosure Form, immediately,Ìýif you believeÌý
yourÌýinvention hasÌýthe potential to be patent protected.ÌýÌý


IMPORTANT: ÌýIt is critical to avoid public
disclosureÌýof yourÌýinnovation before filing
a patent application.

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Present your invention to the
IntellectualÌýProperty Committee.
During thisÌýpresentation you will pitch
yourÌýidea/invention to the committee,
attemptingÌýto convince them why
TU should pursueÌýpatent protection.Ìý

Step 4
Protection

Step 5
Marketing

Step 6
Selecting a Partner/Business Start-up

The patent attorneyÌýteam will file yourÌý
disclosureÌýwith the

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Inventors work directlyÌýwith TU'sÌýoutside
patent attorneys.

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Your contacts may be very helpful as we contactÌý
potentialÌýlicensees during the marketing process.Ìý
Non-disclosure agreementsÌýare signed to interest
company to review more detailed and unpublishedÌý
data and information and to potentially
visit your lab.

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Select a company that shows interest in
the invention.Ìý
If a newÌý business start-up
has been chosen as a commercialization path,
OTT will assist in planning, creating andÌý
funding the start-up.Ìý

Step 7
Licensing
Step 8
Commercialization
Step 9
Revenue

A License agreement is a contract between TU
and a third parry in which TU's rights to a technology
are licensed (without relinquishing owernship)
for financial and otherÌýconsideration. Licensing is
a team approachÌýinvolvingÌý
both OTT and the inventor(s).Ìý

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The licensee contnues the advancement of the
technology, and makes other buisness investments
to develop the product or service.Ìý

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Revenues recieved by TU are distributed to
University and inventors to fund
additional research and education and toÌý
encourage further participation in
innovation.Ìý


Resource Links
¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University Intellectual Property ManualÌý
Intellectual Property Committee


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U.S. Patents Issued

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