== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function '''<br/> ==
<span style="font-size:small;">Purdue's Office of Technology Commercialization specializes in taking university-driven innovations and bringing them to market. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova-condensed-1, proxima-nova-condensed-2, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Services of the OTC support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university's academic activitiestech industry of Indiana.</span> </span>
Purdue’s The OTC provides extensive resources in protecting, marketing, and liscencing the University's intellectual property is an asset we strive hard to protect, market and license. We work hand-in-hand with By working alongside Purdue faculty-, staff- and student-entrepreneurs to provide the resources needed to better understand Purdue [http://otc-prf.org/technology-transfer/commercialization-processes policies] related to intellectual property and , as well as the [http://otc-prf.org/technology-transfer/commercialization-processes processes] whereby this intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, and tangible research property) can become an actual product or service, the OTC brings invention to the next level. To Furthrer, to ensure the long-term success of the innovations, we take the process one step further – at times – and help our OTC utilizes inventors form to partner with startup companies complete with investor to provide support and qualified management teams.
== '''Facilitating University Industry Collaboration''' ==