{"id":220,"date":"2020-04-09T16:31:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T23:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2022-01-06T11:41:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T19:41:51","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Office of Commercialization is responsible for the evaluation, protection, and commercialization of innovations and discoveries for the expansion of WSU’s public impact. We help to further enhance these research innovations and discoveries by bridging the gap between WSU researchers, their discoveries, and introductions into industry relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vision<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To be one of the leading technology transfer services in the nation by enabling WSU research innovation and bringing it to market place for public impact.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mission<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We provide research translation opportunities and services to faculty and staff through stewardship<\/b> of the technology transfer process from research conception to market by offering trusted counsel<\/b> on Intellectual Property (IP) issues that arise in the conduct of research and empowered solutions<\/b> to support IP development, protection, licensing, and commercialization. Additionally, we provide partnership assistance <\/b>for building relationships with institutions, industry, and other stakeholders and support<\/b> for new enterprises, cooperative opportunities, and economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Motto<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Empowering the STEPS<\/strong> in Research Translation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benefits of our Organization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n