== '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==
== '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==
== '''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 provided by this office of the OTC support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university's academic activities.</span></span> ==
Purdue’s intellectual property is an asset we strive hard to protect, market and license. We work hand-in-hand with 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 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. To ensure the long-term success of the innovations, we take the process one step further – at times – and help our inventors form startup companies complete with investor support and qualified management teams.