OVPR - Office of Technology Transfer

The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) serves as the link between the commercial marketplace and Auburn University faculty. OTT offers Auburn researchers expertise and guidance regarding the protection of intellectual property, including patents and copyrights, and in seeking licensing agreements with commercial entities to take Auburn research developments into the marketplace for the public benefit. Services provided by OTT include: evaluation of invention disclosures; management of the patent process; marketing of Auburn’s intellectual properties; working with start-up companies licensing Auburn technologies; negotiation of confidentiality, material transfer, collaboration and licensing agreements with industry and other research institutions.

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OTT News

Auburn lands a team in the finals of the 2009-2010 Alabama Launchpad Business Plan Competition. Construction Solutions is a proposed start-up company based on inventions stemming from a collaborative class between Industrial Design and Building Science. This marks the first time that a plan generated from Auburn's OTT has made the Launchpad finals, and represents an increased focus on start-up activity and economic development.
Auburn start-up Halosource, Inc. has received EPA registration for their HaloPure BR^® water purification system based on n-halamine technology licensed from Auburn. This registration will broaden the reach of HaloSource’s technology and extend the range of potential partners to support the need for clean drinking water worldwide in both developed and developing economies.