About Us
Mission of the TLC Team
- Foster an entrepreneurial culture, university wide
- Catalyze faculty, staff and student inventions
- Assist in maximizing the value of Ohio State developments
- Accelerate transition of new developments into products, services,
and new or expanded jobs
TLC Service Offerings to OSU Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Cultivate partnerships and inventions
- CDAs and MTAs — guidance, negotiation, and execution
- Consulting arrangements — guidance and language assistance
- Corporate Sponsored Research — intellectual property and structure advice
- Invention capture and refinement — training and facilitation
Establish and protect market differentiation
- Value propositions — cultivate and articulate
- Intellectual property positions — guide and develop
- Financial models — commission or complete
- Market research — commission or conduct
Establish commercialization pathways
- Marketing — develop strategies and collateral
- Partners — identify and qualify
- Licenses — develop and negotiate
- Deals — nurture, finalize and monitor
Secure revenue streams to inventors, university, colleges and departments