Laboratory Information:
Brigham Young University
3760 HBLL
Provo, UT 84602-6844
Phone: 801-422-6266
Fax: 801-422-0463
Email: techtransfer@byu.edu
Website: http://www.byu.edu/
Technology Transfer Website: http://techtransfer.byu.edu/
Agency/Department: National Science Foundation
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Mike Alder
Phone: 801-422-4866
Fax: 801-422-0463
Email: malder@byu.edu
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The BYU Technology Transfer Office has
been established to help faculty, students and staff commercialize any
technology or product developed through their association with the university. The office provides professional,
business and intellectual property services to relieve BYU personnel of the burden of being extensively
involved in
the business and legal aspects of the commercialization process. The office, working closely with the
General
Counsel's office, provides expertise in business relationships, negotiations, protection of intellectual
property,
marketing, license agreements, contracts, and entrepreneurship.
Mission of the Laboratory:
While the primary focus of the BYU faculty
is teaching, research, and other scholarly activities, often the
products of scholarship have application as products or services beyond the gates of the academy. Under
most
circumstances, these intellectual properties can only be utilized by society if they are made into commercial
products and sold by a company with a profit motive. The primary purpose of the Technology Transfer
Office is
to facilitate the transfer of university-developed technologies to the marketplace by protecting the
intellectual
property through patents and copyrights and subsequently licensing the protected intellectual properties
to
companies outside the university. Patents and copyrights are required because most of the technologies
developed at a university require substantial investment by the company for final product and/or market
development before they can be sold to the public. Unless companies have the protection of exclusive
rights to
the technology (e.g., a patent) they will not make the investment necessary to bring a technology to
the
marketplace. The Technology Transfer Office will evaluate the technology, secure intellectual property
protection, find a company to develop and sell the product, and negotiate the license agreement. The
revenues
received from the license are shared between the developer(s) as personal income (45%) and the university
as
research support (55%).
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Biological Material License Agreement (BMLA)
- Chemical Transfer Agreements
- Fellowships
- Grants
- Patents and Licensing
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Biomedical
