Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration

Starting Up

2011 Starting Up Brochure

In 2007, the Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (OTL&IC) published its first edition of Starting Up to celebrate the translation of Tufts innovations to the marketplace. In this second edition, we report in depth on the progress of four Tufts start-ups and present snapshots of other technology transfer activities.
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Technology Transfer at Tufts

Through technology transfer, discoveries made during the course of research or other programs at the University are licensed to industry for commercialization.

Core Activities

Invention disclosure intake • Patent applications • Patent maintenance • Nondisclosure agreements • Options • License agreements • Start-Ups • Material transfer agreements • Clinical trial agreements • Industry-sponsored research agreements • Trademark and copyright agreements • Interinstitutional agreements

Outreach

Intellectual property seminars • Departmental visits • Tech Transfer traineeships • BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) • Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center

Information for Pfizer CTI Applications

The CTI program is a collaboration between Pfizer and Tufts University investigators to develop protein therapeutics (e.g., monoclonal antibodies, antibody variants, recombinant proteins, Fc-fusion, pegylated proteins, antibody and protein conjugates, bispecific antibodies and peptides) and take them through successful proof-of-mechanism studies in humans (generally phase I clinical trials). All researchers, clinicians and post-docs may apply. Read more.

Inventor's Guide

In the academic sector, the process of bringing discoveries to the marketplace is known as “technology transfer.” Tech transfer is now part of the government’s mandate for institutions that receive federal research funding. By and large, technology transfer is accomplished through the licensing of intellectual property (IP) created by university inventors to companies that have the resources and the desire to develop and apply the technology. Read more.