Technology Transfer Resources

National & International

Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
Abigail Barrow, Ph.D.
Director
225 Franklin Street
12th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617.287.7002
E-mail: abarrow@umassp.edu

A unified search engine serving as a one-stop shop for technologies available for license from Massachusetts research institutions.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Technology Ventures Office
Mark Chalek
Director, Technology Ventures Office
330 Brookline Avenue FN2
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617.667.4196
Fax: 617.667.0537
E-mail: mchalek@bidmc.harvard.edu

The mission of the Technology Ventures Office (TVO) is to promote public utilization of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) technologies for society’s use and benefit and to foster alliances with industry through collaboration and licensing agreements, while generating unrestricted income to support research at our institution.

Boston College, Office for Research Compliance and Intellectual Property Management
Stephen Erickson
Director
Phone: 617.552.3345
E-mail: ericksst@bc.edu

The Office for Research Compliance and Intellectual Property Management was created to accomplish several goals regarding intellectual property: protect the intellectual property discovered and created by members of the university community; facilitate the commercialization of inventions discovered by university inventors; explore and create productive relationships with commercial partners; educate faculty and students on intellectual property issues; and ensure compliance with sponsor and university policies.

Boston University, Office of Technology Development
Stanford Willie
Executive Director
108 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617.353.4550
Fax: 617.353.6141
E-mail: otd@bu.edu

Boston University Office of Technology Development provides both venture capital and access to Boston University and Boston Medical Center’s scientific and technical resources for growing companies. The office invests in early stage technology and life science companies, licenses Boston University technology to corporations, and builds new companies around promising technologies.

Children's Hospital Boston, Intellectual Property Office
Donald Lombardi
Director
300 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617.355.7050
Fax: 617.730.0146
E-mail: IPO@childrens.harvard.edu

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) provides a gateway to Children's Hospital Boston researchers and technologies in all major biomedical disciplines for both pediatric and adult markets. The IPO facilitates the transfer of patentable and non-patentable intellectual property, research tools, know-how, and other technologies to industry through exclusive and non-exclusive licenses, option agreements, and the formation of start-up companies.

Harvard University, Office of Technology Development
Robert Benson, Ph.D.
Director of Business Development
Holyoke Center 727
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.495.3067
Fax: 617.495.9568
E-mail: otd@harvard.edu

Harvard University's Office of Technology Development (OTD) strives to bring University-generated intellectual property into public use as rapidly as possible while protecting academic freedoms and generating a financial return to the University, inventors and their departments; to serve as a resource to faculty and staff on interactions with industry; and to protect against unauthorized third-party use of the University's various trademanrks worldwide and to license their use on approved merchandise, generating income for support of undergraduate financial aid.

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Business Development Office
Lisa Putukian
VP, Business Development
243 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617.523.7900
TDD: 617.523.5498
E-mail: lisa_putukian@meei.harvard.edu

The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) is an independent teaching hospital affiliated with the Harvard Medical School that specializes in diseases and disorders of the eye, ear, nose, head, neck and throat. Although generally researchers are all faculty members of HMS, the inventions of MEEI researchers are owned by MEEI. Pending and issued patents related to hearing, vision, drug delivery, voice and balance impairments, neural prostheses, medical devices, and audiological systems are available for possible licensing.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Corporate Sponsored Research & Licensing
Frances Toneguzzo
Director
13th Street, Buiding 149, Suite 5036
Charlestown, MA 02129
Phone: 617.726.8608
TDD: 617.726.1668
E-mail: csrl@partners.org

The office of Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing, CSRL, manages the intellectual property developed during the course of research within Massachusetts General Hospital.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology Licensing Office
Lita Nelson
Director
Five Cambridge Center, Kendall Square
Room NE25-230
Cambridge, MA 02142-1493
Phone: 617.253.6966
TDD: 617.258.6790
E-mail: tlo-www@mit.edu

The Technology Licensing Office manages the patenting, licensing, trademarking and copyrighting of intellectual property developed at M.I.T., Lincoln Laboratory and the Whitehead Institute and serves as an educational resource on intellectual property and licensing matters for the M.I.T. community.

Northeastern University, Division of Technology Transfer
Anthony N. Pirri, Ph.D.
Director
960 Renaissance Park
Boston, MA 02115-5000
Phone: 617.373.8810
TDD: 617.373.8866
E-mail: research@neu.edu

The Division of Technology Transfer is responsible for reviewing, negotiating and signing all corporate/industrial sponsored research agreements, material transfer agreements, and non-disclosure (confidentiality) agreements.

Tufts University, Office of Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration
Nina Green
Director
136 Harrison Avenue (75K-950)
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617.636.0360
Fax: 617.636.2917
E-mail: nina.green@tufts.com

The Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (OTL&IC) is responsible for facilitating the transfer of Tufts technology for public use and benefit. OTL&IC evaluates, obtains proprietary protection for, and assists in the distribution of technology for research and commercial purposes. OTL&IC is responsible for transferring technology for commercial development by identifying potential markets and negotiating license agreements with industry partners, be they large or start-up companies.

University of Massachusetts, Commercial Ventures & Intellectual Property
William S. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Executive Director
225 Franklin Street, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617.287.7186
E-mail: cvip@research.umass.edu

Since 1995, Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property at the University of Massachusetts has created collaborations with more than 100 companies engaged in commercializing products and services. The technologies, which originated at the University's five campuses, have drawn from agriculture, biotechnology, medical devices, polymers and plastics, software, educational products, communications, materials, energy, marine science, and other fields.

University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
Abigail A. Barrow, Ph.D.
Director
225 Franklin Street, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617.287.7002
TDD: 617.287.7044
E-mail: mattcenter@umassp.edu

The Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center's goal is to support technology transfer activities from public and private research institutions to companies in Massachusetts. To achieve this goal, the Center works with technology transfer offices at Massachusetts research institutions; faculty, researchers, and students who have commercially promising ideas; and companies across the Commonwealth.

University of Massachusetts Medical School, Office of Technology Management
James McNamara, Ph.D.
Executive Director
333 South Street, Suite 400
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Phone: 508.856.1626
Fax: 508.856.1482
E-mail: james.mcnamara@umassmed.edu

The University of Massachusetts Medical School's Office of Technology Management is committed to promptly and effectively facilitating the commercial development of intellectual property arising at the Medical School, believing that the continued development of innovative research and creative discovery benefits the inventor, the University, the Commonwealth and the world.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Bioengineering Institute
100 Grove Street
Worcester, MA 01605
Phone: 508.831.0926
E-mail: bei@wpi.edu

The WPI Bioengineering Institute (BEI) is an organization dedicated to creating life science based products by commercializing the results of academic research. The commercialization process is founded on academic, industry and government partnerships that blend the intellect of academia, the market needs of industry and the public policy needs of government. Through this effort BEI creates innovative solutions to healthcare problems and in so doing stimulates new manufacturing, creates jobs and promotes overall economic development in Central Massachusetts.