For Innovators
Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)
[Formerly the Technology Development Center (TDC)]
OTC assesses, protects, and commercializes OSU innovations
- Manage and protect OSU invented intellectual property
- Market and License OSU innovations
- Facilitate confidentiality (NDAs) and material transfer agreements (MTAs)
- Provide translational research funding to advance OSU technology
Inventor's Guide to Technology Commercialization Process at OSU
Broadly speaking, technology transfer is the movement of knowledge and discoveries
to the general public. It can occur through publications, educated students entering
the workforce, exchanges at conferences, and relationships with industry. For TDC,
technology transfer means managing patents and copyrights, licensing them to third
parties, facilitating new company formation, promoting good relationships with industry,
funding research with commercial potential through our gap funding program, and more
recently, helping faculty, staff, and students develop mobile apps through our App
Center.
Resources
Contacts
Ron Van Den Bussche (Leadership)
Senior Associate Vice President for Research
Office: (405) 744-3307
Russell Hopper
Sr. Licensing Associate
Office of Technology Commercialization
Office: (405) 744-6872
Cindy Malayer
Manager
Office of Technology Commercialization
Office: (405) 744-5361
cindy.malayer@okstate.edu
