Technology Transfer

Advance Syracuse University research from laboratory to the commercial market where those inventions develop into products and services that benefit society.

NSF I-Corps Regional Course – Registration Now Open

Syracuse University will host a free, virtual, four-week NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) regional course beginning February 10.  Researchers seeking tools and skills in customer and market discovery are encouraged to register.  The course is open to student and faculty researcher teams of 1-3 people, with preference to Syracuse University associated researchers.  This course also provides a pathway to other NSF funding opportunities such as the SBIR/STTR programs.

Virtual Course Dates: February 10 – March 12, 2025

The registration deadline is Wednesday, January 15.  Additional information and registration materials are available on the NSF I-Corps Hub Interior Northeast website.   Information is also available in the December 4, 2024 SU News Article.

Congratulations to Inventors – Recent Patents Issued

The Office of Technology Transfer congratulates the researchers who have had patents issue in the past year.

It is an accomplishment to see a patent ultimately issue from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.  We wish to thank the current and former Syracuse University researchers for their commitment and recognize their accomplishment.

This list represents recently issued patents affiliated with research in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering & Computer Science and the School of Information Studies.

Control of Electrically Driven Corrosion of Medical Implants
Inventors:  Jeongmin Ahn, Thomas Welles – Patent Number: 12,186,208
Issue Date:  January 7, 2025

Occupancy Detection and People Counting Using Passive Wireless Interfaces
Inventors:  Biao Chen, Yuexin Eric Jiang – Patent Number: 12,113,829
Issue Date:  October 8, 2024

Peptide Drug Improvement Using Vitamin B12 and Haptocorrin Binding Substrate Conjugates
Inventors:  Robert Doyle – Patent Number: 12,090,208
Issue Date:  September 17, 2024

Inductively Coupled Capacitor Wireless Sensor System for Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Inventors:  Dacheng Ren, Yikang Xu – Patent Number: 12,071,602
Issue Date:  August 27, 2024

Methods and Systems for Determination of the Number of Contributors to a DNA Mixture
Inventors:  Michael Marciano, Jonathan Adelman – Patent Number: 12,073,923
Issue Date:  August 27, 2024

Superconducting Metamaterials for Quantum Simulations and Qubit Addressability in Quantum Processors
Inventor:  Britton Plourde – Patent Number: 12,069,966
Issue Date:  August 20, 2024

On-Site Destruction of Recalcitrant Perfluoroalkyl Substances by Molecular Sieves
Inventor:  Viktor Cybulskis – Patent Number: 11,945,732
Issue Date:  April 2, 2024

Polymeric Composites with Tunable Properties
Inventor:  Wanliang Shan – Patent Number: 11,898,021
Issue Date:  February 13, 2024

Non-Canonical Lipoproteins with Programmable Assembly and Architecture and Method of Making Non-Canonical Lipoproteins
Inventor:  Davoud Mozhdehi – Patent Number: 11,884,914
Issue Date:  January 30, 2024

Ultrawide-Angle Light Collecting Modules Formed by Direct Lightwriting of Nanoparticle-Based Metallo-Dielectric Optical Waveguides
Inventor:  Ian Dean Hosein – Patent Number: 11,862,746
Issue Date:  January 2, 2024

Please note:  Patents and patent applications are added to Experts@Syracuse soon after they are made public.  They are listed in the “Research Output” section.

Many of the above listed intellectual properties are available for licensing. Companies and non-for-profits interested in exploring commercial applications should contact the Syracuse University Office of Technology Transfer.

NSF I-Corps Teams Q&A Webinar

The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program provides experiential education on entrepreneurship, customer discovery and business start-up concerns for researchers invested in moving their innovations from lab to market.

NSF program directors host a monthly webinar to answer questions and provide updated information about I-Corps contacts, the curriculum and important program and application dates.  The next webinar will be held: 

Date: January 9, 2025

Time: 12:00 Noon EST

Register to Attend

Additional information is available on the  Webinars and Resources page of the NSF I-Corps website.

Attention SU Researchers – Plan Early for Publications and Presentations

Syracuse University researchers are encouraged to finalize invention disclosures as soon as possible, due to the lead time needed to analyze invention disclosures and pursue patent protection (if warranted). This is especially true for researchers that will present papers or posters at conferences during the Fall of 2024 and Winter of 2024-2025.  This is also true for researchers that are actively pursuing corporate collaborations.  It is important to identify, assess and protect any intellectual property that would be presented as part of a “pitch” meeting with a corporate entity.  To submit an invention disclosure go to the online invention disclosure portal.