Oak Ridge National Laboratory improving technology transfer rate, brings in $3m

In Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has seen an improving connection between private business and the use of technology, with 101 licenses and options executed during the last three years, totaling $3m for the year.

Mike Paulus, director of Technology Transfer, attributes the growth in large part to the Technology Innovation Program, Bridging the Gap and SPARK! These programs helped the lab double the number of licenses for the fiscal years 2012-2014 compared to 2009-2011, and Paulus expects a new initiative, the Invention to Innovation Webinar Series, to help maintain the upward trend.

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