Our role is to help your creativity change the world

As an integral part of its larger mission of teaching, research and the dissemination of knowledge, Syracuse University generates extensive intellectual property with significant commercial value.

Our office is committed to working with faculty members, and we understand how important it is to publish. Protecting intellectual property and publishing are not mutually exclusive. The office works with faculty members to pursue a dual track of publishing (99.9% of the time without delay) while preserving IP rights.

It is the role of the Technology Transfer and Industrial Development Office to assess and market these and other forms of intellectual property that have commercialization potential. Inventions that are successfully commercialized can generate funds for the inventor(s), affiliated SU Departments, and the greater University.

By licensing this intellectual property to commercial partners who in turn provide these as benefits to the public, we support the University Academic Plan, directly benefiting University programs,faculty, staff and students while creating broader economic development in our community, country and even worldwide.

In keeping with this mission, the Office of Technology Transfer and Industrial Development, a division of the Office of Strategic Business Development and Innovation, facilitates the transfer of University technologies to the commercial marketplace.