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.

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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