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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 business, 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 2021 Data

478
intellectual property assets disclosed

25
U.S. patents issued

105
U.S. provisional patent applications filed

25
U.S. non-provisional patent applications filed

65
license agreements executed

1
new company created

Twenty-Three-Year Cumulative Data (1999–2021)

5,089
intellectual property assets disclosed

544
U.S. patents issued

1,982
U.S. provisional patent applications filed

1,059
U.S. non-provisional patent applications filed

915
license agreements executed

55
new companies created