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Welcome to the Office of Technology Commercialization at Rutgers also known as the OTC.

Success through Innovation

Creating knowledge and transmitting it to present and future generations is the very essence of a research university. Students and faculty at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey are creating new discoveries and technology in numerous disciplines including agriculture, engineering, computing, physical sciences, energy, life sciences and pharmaceuticals.

At the Office of Technology Commercialization, we serve as a bridge between Rutgers researchers and commercialization partners, ensuring the smooth and fast transfer of intellectual property created at the University.

We:

  • Transfer the inventions of Rutgers faculty into practical applications, via licenses and start-up companies so that they benefit society on a local, national and global basis
  • Educate and serve as a resource for the Rutgers community on matters relating to intellectual property, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship.
  • Protect intellectual property via trademarks and patents
  • Market technologies to companies, entrepreneurs and investors via numerous channels
  • Negotiate patent licenses
  • Assist in start-up company creation

In pursuit of our objectives, Rutgers, the flagship comprehensive public research university, has maintained a patenting and technology commercialization program for over 20 years.

Success through Commercialization

The Office of Technology Commercialization turns Rutgers academic discoveries into commercial successes. We move technology from the academic environment to the commercial sector. In doing so, we provide patenting, marketing, licensing, start-up company formation and other commercialization support to our student and faculty researchers at three campuses throughout New Jersey.

Patent Hall of Fame

- Congratulations to the following Rutgers inventors who were recently issued patents

Patent Issued Inventor(s) Title
8,093,235 1/10/2012 Lavoie, Edmond J.
Rice, Joseph E.
Liu, Leroy F.

Macrocyclic compounds which stabilize G-Quadruplex DNA and RNA
8,088,405 1/3/2012 Uhrich, Kathryn E.

Therapeutic compositions and methods
8,071,642 12/6/2011 Laskin, Jeffrey D.
Heck, Diane E.
Heindel, Ned

 Dimethyl amino ethyl ether psoralens and methods for their production and use
8,067,158 11/29/2011 Brzustowicz, Linda M.

Methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia
PP22,219 11/1/2011 Orton, Elwin R.
Gant, David A.

Interspecific hybrid dogwood tree designated `KF 111-1`
8,049,417 11/1/2011 Masoud, Nazieh Mohammad
Murnick, Daniel E.

High brightness excimer lamp
8,048,486 11/01/2011 Nosker, Thomas
Mazar, Mark
Lynch, Jennifer
Nosker, Patrick

 Flame-retardant coating
8,039,149 10/18/2011 Amatucci,Glenn G.
Bervas, Mathieu

Bismuth oxyfluoride based nanocomposites as electrode materials
8,029,770 10/04/2011 Lu, Yaoping
Conney, Allan H.
Lou, YouRong

Caffeine salt complexes and methods for using the same in the prevention or treatment of cancer
8,017,714 9/13/2011 Uhrich, Kathryn E.

 Polyanhydrides with therapeutically useful degradation products
8,008,528 8/30/2011 Kohn, Joachim B
Bolikal, Durgadas
Schut; Jaap Baluca; Ernest

N-substituted monomers and polymers
8,008,402 8/30/2011 Lynch, Jennifer
Nosker, Thomas
Lehman, Richard
Idol, James
Van Ness; Kenneth
Renfree; Richard
Renfree, (legal representative, Maryann)

 Use of recycled plastics for structural building forms
7,998,219 8/16/2011 Riman, Richard
Burukhin, Alexander
Zlotnikov, Eugene
Haders, Dan		 Hydroxyapatite with controllable size and morphology
7,996,945 8/16/2011 Nosker, Thomas
Renfree, Richard
Renfree (legal representative, Maryann)
Kerstein, James
Simon. Louis

Use of recycled plastics for structural building forms
7,989,851 8/02/2011 Lu, Yicheng
Chen, Ying
Zhang, Zheng.
Multifunctional biosensor based on ZnO nanostructures
7,985,415 7/26/2011 Giroux, Karen
 Medical devices employing novel polymers
7,976,962 7/12/2011 Balaguru, Perumalsamy Naidu

 Moldable and low-temperature cure high-temperature composites
7,955,996 6/7/2011 Nosker, Thomas
Lynch, Jennifer K
Mazar, Mark N
Nosker, Patrick L

 Compositions and methods for the protection of substrates from heat flux and fire
7,947,392 5/24/2011 Amatucci; Glenn G.
Badway; Fadwa
Bervas; Mathieu

Bismuth fluoride based nanocomposites as electrode materials
7,937,339 5/03/2011 Martin, Richard
Kleisourism, Konstantinos

Method and apparatus for using bayesian networks for localization
7,930,733 4/19/2011 Iftode, Liviu
Xu, Gang

Method and system for execution monitor-based trusted computing
7,918,410 4/05/2011 Muzzio, Fernando.
Uniform shear application system and methods relating thereto
PP21,767 3/08/2011 Merritt, Richard H.
Lily plant named `BJM 005`

Disclosure Wall of Fame

~ December 2011 (FY 2012) ~
RU Tech ID Primary Inventor
2012-079 Ilya Raskin
2012-080 Richard Ebright
2012-081 Mark Pierce
2012-082 Bernard Kear
2012-083 Mark Brenneman
2012-084 Timothy Maguire
2012-085 Elizabeth Torres
2012-086 Yanyong Zhang
2012-087 Yanyong Zhang
2012-088 Yanyong Zhang
2012-089 Huixin He
2012-090 Dunbar Birnie
2012-091 Dunbar Birnie
2012-092 Armen Khachaturyan
2012-093 Ricardo Bianchini
2012-094 Longqin Hu
2012-095 Eileen White
2012-096 Kathryn Uhrich
2012-097 Douglas Hausner
2012-098 Douglas Hausner
2012-099 James Simon
2012-100 James Simom
2012-101 William Ward
2012-102 Ki Bum Lee