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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 2022 Data

424
intellectual property assets disclosed

24
U.S. patents issued

102
U.S. provisional patent applications filed

26
U.S. non-provisional patent applications filed

68
license agreements executed

1
new company created

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

5,513
intellectual property assets disclosed

576
U.S. patents issued

2,085
U.S. provisional patent applications filed

749
U.S. non-provisional patent applications filed

983
license agreements executed

56
new companies created