{"id":40,"date":"2019-03-23T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T08:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phdcareerguide.org\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2020-03-02T22:25:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:25:46","slug":"technology-transfer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phdcareerguide.org\/career-information\/technology-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Somewhere in the neighborhood of business development, venture capital, and patent law is the somewhat lesser known field of technology transfer. \u00a0You may not be familiar with the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, but it basically paved the way for universities to commercialize and profit from research that was federally funded (i.e., nearly all university research). \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For any research university, there are technologies being developed that can be patented and either licensed to outside companies or spun off into new ventures. \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n

The technology transfer office is in charge of registering and managing these intellectual properties and acting as the intermediary between the institution and any outside parties that may be interested in the intellectual properties.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n

<\/span>Entry Points<\/span><\/h2>
\n

Table of Contents<\/p>\n