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TECHNOLOGYTRANSFERATMORGAN
The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) was established as a unit of the Division of Research and Economic Development in 2017 The OTT manages the university’s intellectual property and assists Morgan faculty on issues such as patent applications, software, and copyrights. The office also assists faculty, staff, and students in transferring innovations to business and industry to develop products and services that benefit society. It also provides seed funding to further proofs-of-concept and prototypes and positions university IP for state, federal and other external funding.
Once established, the office developed and began implementing its original five-year strategic plan. The Strategic Plan included three phases: Startup, Growth and Maturity. Once the office was fully funded through Maryland legislation in FY2018, Phase I was quickly implemented, resulting in several record setting successes. Throughout the university, many innovations were identified, and multiple patent applications were filed, representing a diverse range of schools, colleges, and departments throughout Morgan
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The OTT now receives a new intellectual property disclosure every 12 days or less and files more than two new U.S. patent application per month. In its first five years, OTT has received IP disclosures from 27 departments and units across the university.
Mission
"Facilitate the transfer of university technology and innovation to business and industry, foster local economic development and provide benefit to the public "
Vision
"An urban university where: faculty and staff are recognized and rewarded for innovation, are well informed and actively engaged; a spectrum of new technologies are transferred to existing and new businesses to benefit the public; and the University's contributions to economic development and quality of life have a positive, measured and documented impact "
Goals
In Reach: Campus Innovation Programs
Technology Licensing: Technology Push and Market Pull
Economic Development: Benefit to the Community, Region and State
Best Practices: Management of University Intellectual Property
