Technology Transfer is the process of moving research results from the laboratory to the marketplace. The Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (OIPTT) and the Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (ISURF) work in concert to facilitate and enhance the inventive and creative works of Iowa State University's employees and students, and to transfer these works for the benefit of society.

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Featured Biotechnologies:

• High Protein Low Starch QQS Soybeans for Enhanced Value

• MicroRNA 396 as a Tool to Control Cyst Nematodes
• Anti-inflammatory Orangegrass Compounds
• A Drug Delivery Platform for Targeting Intracellular Pathogens 
• Enhanced Microalgae with Increased CO2 Assimilation and Biomass Production

• US Patent No. 8,173,794,“Compositions and Methods for Enhancing Disease Resistance in Plants”, issued May 8, 2012. Licensing information is available here.

   

• US Patent No. 8,142,832, “Vegetable Protein Fractionization Process and Compositions”, issued March 27, 2012. For more information, click here.

• US Patent No. 8,138,358, “Synthesis of Polycyclic Procyanidins”, issued March 20, 2012.  This technology is available for licensing.

• US Patent No. 8,066,478, “Preventing Hot-Gas Ingestion by Film-Cooling Jet via Flow-Aligned Blockers”, issued November 29, 2011.  For licensing information, click here.

• US Patent No. 8,054,146, "Structures with Negative Index of Refraction", issued November 8, 2011.  More information is available here. 

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA"), H.R. 1249, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 23, 2011.   The changes will be phased in over the next 18 months.  During the next few days, weeks and months we will be making information on patent reform available to the ISU community through this web site and open meetings with departments and colleges. 

Click here for a downloadable version of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. A summary of the effective dates for the different provisions of the act can be found here.

Click here for a simple overview of the America Invents Act.

Read more about Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies (IPAT), one of the winning startup companies of “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge.

Read more about the discovery of a genetic method that can increase biomass in algae by 50 to 80 percent. For licensing information, please contact Dario Valenzuela.

 The May 2012 issue of the SBIR/STTR Newsletter is now available online.

 ISURF Reinvests in University Research.  Over the last ten years, ISURF returned over $52 million to ISU inventors, colleges, and research centers and established a $9.5 million Research and Economic Opportunities Fund. Click here for additional information. 

  ISURF is collaborating with the Department of Energy to promote Ames Laboratory technologies on the Energy Innovation Portal.