Quick Start License Program

The ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University (²ÝÁñÊÓƵ) Office of Intellectual Property Development is now offering the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Quick Start License. This program aims to better position ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ startup companies for success by offering preferred option and licensing terms, and priority support services.

The talented faculty, staff, and students at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ are engaged in research with relevance, generating new intellectual property with tremendous commercial potential as a product of their research and scholarship. The ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University Research and Service Foundation (²ÝÁñÊÓƵRSF) owns that intellectual property and is responsible for managing it for the public benefit, including by protecting and licensing inventions.

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ’s community has an enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit, resulting in the creation of startup companies who are important licensing partners. ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ fully supports the development of startups that commercialize inventions emerging from ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ research.

Recognizing the unique challenges that ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ startup companies face, this program provides a framework in two phases to maximize a startup’s likelihood of success and enhance its ability to attract external investment, while unlocking access to express agreements and preferred terms at each phase.

Use of the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Quick Start License Agreement is possible under the following circumstances: 

  1. A ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ faculty, student, or staff is a founder of the company; 
  2. All intellectual property rights are owned solely by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵRSF; 
  3. All essential criteria (detailed below) are met, and a business plan has been reviewed and approved by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ; 
  4. The agreement is executed without modification.