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== Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function ==

Center For Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC) is Carnegie Mellon's Tech Transfer office. CTTEC is responsible for facilitating and accelerating the movement of research and technology out of the university and into the marketplace. Our collaborative and problem-solving approach working with researchers to validate, challenge and extend their workfitswell within the overall goals of commercialization.

CTTEC provides a number of services to the research community at Carnegie Mellon. The most visible of these is the licensing of new technologies developed byfacultywhich in turn, results in benefits to the inventors, the universityand society in general. Additional activities include:

<li>Evaluating the commercial potential and patentability of new technologies</li>

<li>Managing the intellectual property protection process</li>

<li>Marketing and licensing patents, materials, software, and other technologies</li>

<li>Providing guidance on open source software licensing</li>

<li>Receiving and distributing royalties and other income to inventorsand Carnegie Mellon schools and departments</li>

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Other important services provided to the research community include:

<li>Providing Research Material to organizations through various Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) or Research Use Licensing</li>

<li>Assisting and streamlining the company start-up process</li>

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== Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration ==

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