11. Addressing Commercialization Issues
The commercialization process is a lengthy and complex one; however, the Texas A&M University System has established the Technology Commercialization Center (TCC) to help System researchers navigate this process.
If a proposed research project will result in a new invention – defined as a material, process, or design that is novel, useful, and not obvious – the researcher will likely want to take steps to commercialize that invention.
The commercialization process is a lengthy and complex one; however, the Texas A&M University System has established the Technology Commercialization Center (TCC) to help System researchers navigate this process.
The TCC manages the Technology Licensing Office (TLO) and helps researchers protect their inventions by assisting them in obtaining patents and copyrights and seeks to transfer the intellectual property to industry through both royalty-bearing license agreements for commercial products that result in economic development and public benefit and through spin-out companies that commercialize System innovations.
Specifically, the TCC will assist with the following:
- Documenting the invention
- Evaluating the invention
- Marketing the invention
- Handling licensing negotiations
- Developing spin-out companies from System technology
- Facilitating industry relations for research
In this way, the TCC helps researchers move their inventions
from the laboratory to commercial application.
Learn More
To learn more about the TCC’s faculty services, visit http://tlo.tamu.edu/index.shtml or contact the TCC at the address, phone number, or e-mail below:
Technology Commercialization Center
Texas A&M University System
1700 Research Parkway, Suite 250
College Station, TX 77845-3369
Phone: 979-847-8682
E-mail: Visit http://tlo.tamu.edu/tlo/email.shtml to submit a question.
