• OVPR

    The Office of the Vice President for Research facilitates collaborative research opportunities, streamlines related policies and procedures, and acts as a unified voice for U of I research.

  • UIC OTM

    The Office of Technology Management at Chicago is responsible for managing the intellectual property generated by research and educational activities at the University.

  • UIUC OTM

    The Office of Technology Management at Urbana-Champaign is responsible for managing the intellectual property generated by research and educational activities at the University.

  • UIC Research Center

    The UIC Research Center supplies a fully-equipped infrastructure and access to University resources, internship programs, world-class talent, and custom-designed business development services.

  • UI Research Park

    Provides an ideal environment for starting a high-growth technology venture, with wet-chemistry labs, office space, an array of shared equipment, server co-location facilities, and conference rooms.

  • IllinoisVENTURES

    IllinoisVENTURES is a seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences and life sciences, with a particular emphasis on those deriving from research conducted at the University of Illinois and other regional research institutions and federal laboratories.

Innovations at the University of Illinois

"America Invents Act" Reforms Patent Law

Grand Opening Reception of New Littlefuse High Power Testing Facility (Video)

New startup out of University of Illinois, Vanquish Oncology, to develop personalized therapeutics for cancer markets

OTM Announces Dr. Alan Feinerman as the 2011 UIC Inventor of the Year Award Recipient
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To innovate is to translate knowledge and ideas into economic growth and social well being. The University of Illinois is a leader in conducting groundbreaking research that forms the foundation for meaningful innovation. Our discoveries have led to products and services that have a profound impact on human lives.

The University has embraced its role as an engine of innovation by incorporating economic development as a cornerstone in our mission of teaching, research and public service. One of the results has been the creation of a system of resources to work with both the campus community and corporate partners to facilitate the protection and transfer of intellectual property.

This web portal is an entryway to the University’s commercialization services and to the many opportunities for our community and external partners to engage with us.

Lawrence B. Schook

Vice President for Research

 

Featured Start-Up

Distant Focus Corporation

Featured Technology

Ultrathin Dielectric Oxide Films for Improved Passivation of Superconducting Materials

Featured Publication

A Handbook for Inventors & Innovators
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The mission of the University’s economic development units is to leverage University of Illinois technologies and intellectual properties to benefit society, to support the growth of the Illinois and U.S. economies, and to strengthen the University’s education and research programs.

Whether you’re a University researcher with a breakthrough innovation or an industry leader looking to cultivate exciting new discoveries and cutting-edge technologies, we will work closely with you to facilitate the transfer of intellectual property in ways that benefit society and build enduring connections.

 

Inventor's Handbook

A Handbook for Inventors and Innovators: Technology Transfer at the University of Illinois

An introduction to the University’s intellectual property policies, patenting and commercialization services, intellectual property fundamentals, and most importantly, to your role in the process of commercializing University innovations. Learn more.

Internal (Teachers, Students, Faculty)

The units reporting to the Vice President for Research comprise a system of resources the University has created to facilitate the protection and transfer of University intellectual property, and to help ensure that University innovations have maximum public impact. The services we provide range from protecting and licensing intellectual property to providing facilities, consultation, and funding for start-ups.

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External (Businesses, Industry, Investors)

The University of Illinois is a world-class research institution boasting a respected and accomplished faculty, high national rankings, one of the nation’s largest medical schools, state-of-the-art facilities, and a history of groundbreaking research.

The University holds a portfolio of inventions and has licensed an array of start-ups that represent the breadth and depth of our research engine. Individually, each represents an exciting opportunity. Combined they represent an intellectual property portfolio that is second to none.

We invite corporate and industry partners to learn more about the University and the possibilities represented by our innovations. Some of the many ways to engage with us include licensing University intellectual properties, utilizing space in our research park, sponsoring faculty research, hiring faculty consultants, and investing in start-up companies.

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Our Offices of Technology Management hold a portfolio of innovations that is both broad and deep, ranging from therapeutics to semiconductors, imaging technologies to nanotechnologies, and from software to new crop varieties.
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Latest Technologies

A new shape concept for electrode contacts used for peripheral nerve stimulation and subcutaneous neurostimulation
Currently available neurostimulation electrodes have cylindrical, flat, or slightly convex geometrical shapes. These designs work well with spinal cord and deep brain stimulation but their geometries do not work well to stimulate peripheral nerves. UIC researchers have proposed a non-traditional shape of the electrode contacts that changes the way electrical device interfaces with biological tissues and electrical energy of stimulation is delivered to the stimulation targets.
Software to Optimize Parking Spot Assignment and Navigation
Finding parking is a major hassle for drivers in urban environments. Studies conducted in 11 major cities revealed that the average time to search for curbside parking was 8.1 minutes and cruising for these parking spaces accounted for 30% of the traffic congestion in those cities on average. In Chicago, with over 35,000 curbside parking spots, 63 million vehicle miles per year are due to cruising while searching for parking! This adds up to over 3.1 million gallons of wasted gasoline and over 48,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
Universal Memory Architecture For Integrating Emerging Memory Technologies
Current main memory system designs are severely limited by the traditional synchronous DRAM architecture. This architecture requires the memory controller to track the internal status of memory devices (chips) and schedule the timing of device operations. This rigidity has become an obstacle for integrating emerging memory technologies such as PCM into existing memory systems--PCM requirements are vastly different.
Dereplication database and classification system for chemical compounds, specifically from the genus Actaea
UIC Scientists have designed an automated chemical structure dereplication software capable of identifying the chemical structure of an unknown molecule from raw NMR data using dereplication and data mining principles. The dereplication tool provides information about chemical shifts of methyl groups within the triterpenoid family of molecules. This software provides a standardized model for naming the compounds based on the structure and variation to the methyl group location including members of the cycloartane triterpenes family.
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Start-Ups

This diverse collection of companies represents a range of affiliations by which the industry can get involved in start-ups, either through investing, licensing University technology, renting space at one of our top-notch research parks, or through IllinoisVENTURES.

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On April 16, 2010 Forbes.com ran a story, “In Depth:10 Technology Incubators That are Changing the World.” The University of Illinois Research Park was included in the list based on its support of startup technology firms, peer community of large corporate operations, student employment in companies and the history of innovations coming from the University of Illinois.

Featured Start-ups

Steady Sleep

Steady Sleep Rx company (“SSRx”) is a new clinical stage company developing drug treatments for sleep-related breathing disorders. The strategy of SRRx is to build a pipeline of products, all aimed at treating the cause of sleep apnea, an irregular central neural output patterning to the respiratory system. Traditionally this condition has been treated with medical devices that are uncomfortable and have a very low compliance rate. Sleep apnea affects 15 to 18 million people in the U.S. and is a billion dollar market in the U.S. and $1.5 billion globally.

Last updated on Jul 26, 2010 (Created on Jun 05, 2010)

InstaRecon, Inc.

http://www.instarecon.com/

InstaRecon develops both software and hardware-based methods of quickly reconstructing images from 2D and 3D tomographic data 20 to 100 times faster than conventional methods.

Last updated on Jul 30, 2010 (Created on Jun 05, 2010)

ANDalyze, Inc.

http://www.andalyze.com/

ANDalyze is developing catalytic DNA biosensor technologies for detection of heavy metals and a variety of other chemicals.

Last updated on Jul 26, 2010 (Created on Jun 05, 2010)
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