MIT Technology Licensing Office

We're excited to announce the release of our Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report! This year's report showcases the outstanding efforts of our internal teams, alongside the remarkable innovations from our licensees and startups. Explore the full report to see how the TLO continues to amplify MIT's global impact and drive innovation forward: bit.ly/FY24AnnualReport

Interested in learning more about MIT inventors? Check out this interview with Giovanni Traverso as he discusses innovative methods for drug delivery, diagnostics, and biological sensing. For more, explore Gio's TLO researcher profile to discover the technologies his research has developed! https://lnkd.in/egwp75Nt

Watch this insightful clip featuring Lesley Millar-Nicholson as she dives into the nuances of technology transfer, highlighting the critical timing for licensing to maximize the journey of innovations from the lab to the market. Lesley Millar-Nicholson is the Executive Director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Licensing Office (TLO) and was part of the Founding Leadership team of MIT Office of Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer (OSATT Core) formed in 2019. As TLO Executive Director, she leads a team of technology transfer professionals. Ms. Millar-Nicholson is a past President Board of Governors of Certified Licensing Professionals Inc, a member of AUTM and the Licensing Executive Society, and a past Board Member of Cambridge Enterprise UK. A native of Scotland, Ms. Millar-Nicholson has a B.Ed., M.Ed., MBA and is a Certified Licensing Professional.

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We are thrilled to announce that Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang, an MIT student inventor, has been awarded both the Graduate Winner and the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Graduate Student Winner in the USPTO’s Collegiate Inventors Competition (CIC) for her Nutrient-Stabilizing Materials invention! As part of her award, Rhoda received a prestigious Patent Acceleration Certificate from the USPTO, an asset that can be redeemed to expedite her patent application process. We’re grateful to everyone on the TLO team who supported Rhoda in preparing this application and contributing to her success. Congratulations again, Rhoda, on this remarkable achievement, and thank you for inspiring us all with your ingenuity!

Check out our latest featured technology! By optimizing drug delivery over time and protecting against the stomach’s harsh environment, this method offers a more effective and patient-friendly alternative to traditional pills or capsules—particularly for those who struggle with swallowing medications. Interested in learning more about this breakthrough? Check out the full summary to explore its potential impact on patient care: https://bit.ly/3Uib2CG Giovanni Traverso Gary Liu Matthew Pickett

Excited to share cutting edge gene editing technology! Fanzors are RNA-guided endonucleases to precisely target specific DNA or RNA sequences, addressing key challenges in accuracy and efficiency. This innovation could revolutionize gene editing and therapeutic applications by minimizing the risks of unintended mutations. Want to learn more? Check out the full summary of this new technology and its potential impact on the future of research and medicine: https://bit.ly/48lKnLg Omar Abudayyeh Jonathan Gootenberg Kaiyi Jiang MIT Department of Biological Engineering

Check out our latest featured technology that overcomes the limitations of traditional CRISPR-Cas systems. Explore the full summary to discover how this innovation can improve the efficiency of precise genome edits: https://bit.ly/3zWZ6iN Phillip Sharp Vikash Pal Singh Chauhan MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

We were thrilled to host IvyTech this year at MIT and bring together such an incredible group of tech transfer professionals! It was an inspiring couple days of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and innovation. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event a success. We're looking forward to seeing you all at IvyTech 2025! Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL), Harvard Office of Technology Development (OTD), Penn Center for Innovation, Washington University in St. Louis Office of Technology Management (Tech Transfer), Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University (CTL), Dartmouth College Technology Transfer Office, Princeton University, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV), Polsky Center at the University of Chicago, Yale Ventures, Brown University Mark Gorenberg, Derrick Brent, Anne White, Andrew Lo, Dan Brunner, Robert Stoner, Reed Sturtevant, Dennis Whyte, Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Micronutrient deficiency affects nearly 400 million preschool-aged children and 1.2 billion women of reproductive age worldwide. We're excited to spotlight an MIT technology designed to tackle this critical issue! This innovation utilizes microparticle (MP) encapsulation to deliver essential micronutrients, offering a powerful solution for preventing and treating diseases linked to nutrient deficiencies. Dive into the full summary to learn how this approach is paving the way for better global health outcomes: https://bit.ly/4f0fCgY Ana Jaklenec Ruiqing Xiao Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang