Missouri S&T – Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development (TTED)
About
The Missouri S&T Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development (TTED) provides support to S&T faculty, students and researchers to provide IP protection, identify licensees and commercialize university inventions, assisting them to convert their innovative ideas into products, technologies, and services that can benefit society. We also operate a Small Business Development Center focused on starting and expanding small business across a nine county region in Central Missouri. Finally, our office operates and manages Innovation Park a Research and Technology Park adjacent to The Missouri S&T campus. The Technology Development Center houses a number of technology companies, including campus corporate partners, faculty startups, and student owned businesses.
Principle Functions:
- Provide information to faculty on intellectual property and technology transfer.
- Review disclosures for patentability, freedom to operate, and marketability.
- Maintain federal and grant compliance regarding intellectual property.
- Filing of provisional and non-provisional patents applications.
- Facilitate commercialization of technologies and collaboration with outside organizations.
- Manage non-disclosure, inter-institutional, and collaboration agreements.
- Actively market and promote technologies to commercial entities.
- Negotiate, draft, and maintain license agreements.
- Offer training courses for small businesses such as; First Steps to starting a business, financing your new venture, Winning SBIR/STTR grants, and doing business with the Federal Government.
- Provide in-depth business counseling to local small businesses.
- Provide assistance for grant submission.
- Provide support for small business government contracting.
- Market and develop Innovation Park.
- Negotiate lease and manage Innovation Park tenants.
Services Provided
Business Planning
- Business Plan Consulting, Development and Review (Specialty)
- Demographic/Census Data
- Market Plan Development
- Market Research
- Identification/Research of Foreign Markets
- Forming a Business
Management Issues
- Leadership/Professional Development
Financial Resources and Assistance
- Obtaining Equity Funding
Import and Export Assistance
- Identification/Research of Foreign Markets
- Networking/Exploring Exporting
Legal Services
- Patent, Trademark & Copyright Information (Specialty)
- Patent Seminars (Specialty)
Libraries and Research Organizations
- Business Research Resources
- Demographic/Census Data
Marketing/Sales
- Demographics/Census Data
- Competitive Analysis
- Market Plan Development and Training
- Market Research
Office, Incubator, Accelerator, Laboratory, Kitchen and Meeting Space
- Incubator Space (Specialty)
- Office Space
- Office Equipment and Furniture (Specialty)
Regulatory Compliance
- Registration, licenses and permits
- Patent Information (Specialty)
- Trademark and Copyright Information (Specialty)
Technical Assistance
- Commercialization (Specialty)
- Technology Transfer (Specialty)
Training
- Business Plan Training and Assistance (Specialty)
- Marketing Plan Development and Training (Specialty)
- Startup Classes (Specialty)
- E-Commerce/Internet Marketing (Specialty)
- Business Management Training
Product Development
- Patent Information (Specialty)
- Product Design and Development
- Prototype Development
- Product Assembly and Packaging
Buying or Selling a Business
- Buying or Selling a Franchise
- Purchasing an Existing Business
Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development
- Manufacturing Development (Specialty)
- High Tech Development (Specialty)
- Science/Bioscience Seminars (Specialty)
- Commercialization (Specialty)
- Industrial Technology Research (Specialty)
- Technology Transfer (Specialty)
Human Resources
- Employee Development, Hiring and Policies
- Retention
Starting a Business
- Startup Classes
- Business Research Resources
- Forming a Business
- Feasibility Studies
Mentoring
- One-on-One Counseling (Specialty)
