Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)

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Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)

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The Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) is an institution wide resource that works closely with City of Hope inventors to identify, protect, and create effective strategies to realize the commercial potential of their inventions and technologies.
Featured Technology
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City of Hope has developed a proprietary software platform that can significantly reduce the cost of GPCR structure determination and drug discovery.
Entrepreneur’s Corner
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Have you created a novel invention during the course of your research and would like to learn about how to build a start-up company around your discovery? Contact OTL and we can guide you through the necessary steps and help you start your company.
Partner with City of Hope
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City of Hope's main focus is on translational research and developing new therapies. To that end we partner extensively with industry in hundreds of clinical trials and sponsored research projects each year. To support this aspiration, the CATD provides cGMP manufacturing of biologics at substantially reduced costs as compared with CMOs.

Core Services

Below is a brief overview of the core services the Office of Technology Licensing offers to City of Hope investigators.

Meeting with City of Hope investigators to discuss new discoveries and inventions
Developing strategies to protect discoveries and inventions with patents, trademarks and copyrights while preserving academic values
Commercializing inventions and discoveries with industry partners to create novel therapeutics, diagnostics and research tools
Creating start-up companies around platform technologies developed at City of Hope
Negotiating and formalizing partnership agreements such as industry sponsored research, material transfer, confidentiality and inter-institutional agreements
Compliance with City of Hope policies and procedures related to materials, confidentiality and intellectual property, along with input from other teams at City of Hope
Organizing educational events focused on intellectual property, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship

Meet the Team

The City of Hope Office of Technology Licensing team brings a wide array of experiences from both academia and industry in life sciences. The combination of each team member’s unique experience and background creates a well-rounded team. Our team is here to serve our investigators to assist in the advancement of their research and inventions. Feel free to contact any memeber of the team with questions, comments or concerns about the OTL.