Office of Technology Management at Urbana-Champaign

The Office of Technology Management (OTM) is responsible for managing the intellectual property generated by research activities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The OTM's mission is to encourage innovation, enhance research, and facilitate economic development through the transfer of intellectual property.

By providing services that include the identification, evaluation, protection, marketing, and licensing of intellectual property, the OTM seeks to guide technologies through every appropriate stage of the commercialization process.

Although the OTM cannot guarantee that all disclosed technologies will ultimately be protected or commercialized, the office utilizes all of its resources to ensure that technologies are given every possible opportunity to realize their full commercial potential.