DIVISION OF PATENTS AND LICENSING
About Us
"Strengthening and diversifying economic development in the Tampa Bay area and the State of Florida" continues to be an integral part of the University of South Florida's mission.
Researchers in every college at USF formulate ideas that command research grants and other funding. DPL monitors this research for potential patent and licensing opportunities.
What is technology transfer?
Technology transfer is a term that describes a formal transfer of rights to use and commercialize new discoveries and innovations resulting from scientific research to another party.
Universities typically transfer technology through protecting (using patents, trademarks and copyrights), then licensing the innovations.
The major steps in this process include:
- Disclosure of Inventions
- Records Management
- Evaluation and marketing
- Patent Prosecution
- Draft and negotiation of license agreements
- Management of active licenses
Researchers in every college at USF formulate ideas that command research grants and other funding. The campus had over $290 million in research funding for the 2003-04 fiscal year. DPL monitors this research for potential patent and licensing opportunities, with the result that a discovery made with funding this year can result in a licensable technology within 2-3 years.
Who benefits?
University technology transfer efforts afford significant opportunities to several communities:
[--adapted from Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)]