Technology Transfer
The USDOE Ames Laboratory is committed to developing and transferring technologies. Each year over the past decade, it has generated an average of 10 patents from DOE-supported research, and enters into about five technology license agreements and/or options. Collaborations between industry and the Ames Laboratory can help both parties meet their common technological objectives, while reducing development costs and risks. Knowing what to expect of a partnership with the Ames Laboratory can help both parties identify appropriate opportunities, negotiate agreements, and meet one another’s expectations.
For an interview with the Associate Laboratory Director for Sponsored Research Administration on the Importance of Technology Transfer please view the following video:
For more information on how you may work with the Laboratory, please read “Doing Business with the Ames Laboratory”.
Did you know...
Beginning March 16, 2013, the US will convert to a "First Inventor to file" system under the America Invents Act. Information on the implementation of the AIA can be found on the US Patent and Trademark Offices' website. For a powerpoint presentation overview of the AIA, click here. Brian Lally, our DOE Patent Counsel, will present a Seminar on the Act, on February 26, 2013, 1pm, 301B Spedding Hall. All Scientists and Engineers are encouraged to attend, this Act has far reaching implications for protecting our Intellectual Property.
Initial contact with many of our Partners is made through our scientist networking at conferences. The IASourceLink, the premier online resource connecting entrepreneurs and small businesses to more than 300 resource providers across Iowa, has 7 tips for successful networking.
What’s New…
January 9, 2013
A Critical Materials Institute - The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that a team led by The Ames Laboratory, has been selected to establish an Energy Innovation Hub that will develop solutions to the domestic shortages of rare earth metals and other materials critical for U.S. energy security. The new Hub, the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), will initially bring together leading researchers from academia, four Department of Energy national laboratories, and the private sector. The CMI is intended to address challenges in critical materials, including mineral processing, manufacture, substitution, efficient use, and end-of-life recycling and integrate scientific research, engineering innovation, manufacturing and process improvements.
Commercialization of the technologies arising from the CMI's research program will be one of its main goals. If you are interested in partnering with or participating in the CMI, please contact Deb Covey, covey@ameslab.gov, or 515-294-1048.
October 24, 2012
Reclaiming Rare Earths - Recycling keeps paper, plastics, and even jeans out of landfills. Could recycling rare-earth magnets do the same? Perhaps, if the recycling process can be improved.
Under a work for others agreement with the Korean Institute for Industrial Technology, scientists at the Ames Laboratory are working to more effectively remove the neodymium, a rare earth element, from the mix of other materials in a magnet. Initial results show recycled materials maintain the properties that make rare-earth magnets useful. For the full press release, click here.
October 2, 2012
Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies, an Iowa start-up company, with licenses to Ames Laboratory technologies won the 2012 John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition. IPAT plans to use the Ames Laboratory-developed technologies to make spherical titanium powder. For the full press release, click here.
July 13, 2012
Want to assess your Intellectual Property awareness? The United States Patent and Trademark Office has an assessment available on their website at http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/assessment/. Try it today!
