Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration Records

Collection

Call Number: UA060

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains annual reports and patents maintained by the Office of Technology and Industry Collaboration.

Dates

1987 -- 2014

Creator

Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (Organization)

Language of Materials

English

Japanese

Chinese

Spanish

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research. This collection may require review before it is available for use. Please contact DCA for further details.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see “Reproductions and Use” on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. Copyright to all materials created by Tufts University employees in the course of their work is held by the Trustees of Tufts University.

Biographical / Historical

The Office for Technology and Industry Collaboration was established in 2000 to handle intellectual property issues across all divisions of the university. The office is located on the Boston campus.

The Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (OTL&IC) is responsible for facilitating the transfer of Tufts technology for public use and benefit. OTL&IC evaluates, obtains proprietary protection for, and assists in the distribution of technology for research and commercial purposes. OTL&IC is responsible for transferring technology for commercial development by identifying potential markets and negotiating license agreements with industry partners, be they large or start-up companies.

Extent

7.45 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is organized into three series: Annual reports; Patent files; and Unprocessed accessions.

Processing status

[to be updated after 2019 accession. Add: UA143 was merged into this record, duplicate collection record containing only series 3, unprocessed accessions, created in error]