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Tech Transfer

Access APL Innovation

APL technology can address industry needs that benefit our sponsors, the public, and the university and may foster economic development. 

With a large portfolio of cutting-edge intellectual property and an experienced licensing staff, APL Tech Transfer offers businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and academia streamlined access to technological innovations made at the Laboratory. 

Tech Transfer operates as a primary point of contact to identify available technologies and research capabilities at APL and to secure both licensing and partnership agreements for research and development.

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Critical Commercialization Contributions

Fiscal Year 2024 Data
  • 564 intellectual property assets disclosed
  • 67 U.S. provisional patent applications filed
  • 75 license agreements executed
  • 24 U.S. patents issued
  • 27 U.S. non-provisional patent applications filed
Twenty-Five-Year Cumulative Data (1999-2023)
  • 6,544 intellectual property assets disclosed
  • 2,250 U.S. provisional patent applications filed
  • 1,127 license agreements executed
  • 620 U.S. patents issued
  • 810 U.S. non-provisional patent applications filed
  • 57 new companies created

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