The OTC is a relatively young technology transfer office, founded in 1992.
Since its founding, the OTC has:
-Processed more than 2,400 inventions created by A&M System faculty and staff
-Filed more than 2,700 patent applications
-Closed more than 1,700 License Agreements and Material Transfer Agreements
-Generated revenues exceeding $60 million related to intellectual property rights
Revenues have gone to support:
-More than $20 million in sponsored research
-Retention of important faculty
-Support for more than 800 faculty and staff inventors
-Sharing arrangements with co-developers like USDA
Steeped in the traditions of A&M, the OTC:
-Became the youngest technology transfer office in the top 25 in North America in revenues
-Is in the top ten in the number of license agreements producing income
-Does two-thirds of its license agreements with small businesses-more than 50 startup companies have been formed around A&M technologies
-Provides services to assist entrepreneurial ventures
