Washington University in St. Louis

The Office of Technology Management assists members of the University community in the transfer of technology to private companies for the benefit of society while generating income to support research and education. The OTM manages a wide variety of intellectual properties arising from research programs throughout the University. The areas we address range from patents, copyrights, know-how, and proprietary materials to assisting faculty with consulting agreements and research contracts.

Our current portfolio contains active and pending patents in areas of technology ranging from gene therapies to magnetics. The research projects being conducted by University faculty, students and staff lead to an increasing number of new inventions each year. With federal agency support surpassing $400 million and a history of attracting the finest scientific minds, we are confident that the pace of invention will continue to accelerate. We hope that our work will benefit society and meet the needs of the private sector as well.