For university TTOs
Get faculty patents ready for industry conversations.
Same SaaS as inventors: listing, documents, suggested target companies, and optional paid evaluation. Open IP Market is not a technology-transfer office replacement. Publish when the TTO is ready.
Listing preview · Suggested companies · Publish when ready
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University TTOs, before and after a listing
Faculty patents often stay in PDFs that companies will not read. A listing and suggested companies help you brief industry. The TTO still decides policy, ownership, and when to publish.
Why faculty patents stay in PDFs
Faculty patents sit in PDFs that industry cannot scan quickly.
Claims language is not a one-page brief. Companies ask for a business-facing summary before they allocate a call.
It is hard to brief companies in business language.
Translating a specification into a listing takes time the TTO may not have. The preview generates a starting draft from the patent document.
Outreach capacity inside the TTO is limited.
Suggested companies from target search are a starting list, not confirmed licensees. The office still owns relationships and agreements.
What TTOs can prepare on the platform
A business-facing listing preview from the patent document.
Use it internally or with faculty before anything is public. Preview listings cannot be published to the marketplace.
Suggested companies from target search (not confirmed licensees).
Preview includes 2 searches of up to 15 AI-suggested companies each. Treat them as research, not a buyer pipeline.
Publish when the TTO is ready, on a paid slot.
Publishing is a paid-slot action. University IP ownership does not change because a listing exists on the platform.
Related pages
Same product facts on these pages: preview limits, paid evaluation, and composite case studies.
- 30-day preview: Listing and documents. Two searches. Up to 15 suggested companies each. You cannot publish on preview.
- Patent evaluation: Paid slots only. Two credits per run. Beta structured due diligence, not a valuation or legal opinion.
- Case studies: Composite walkthroughs of the same product flow. Not named customers and not performance claims.
- Commercialization guides: How listings, credits, evaluation, and outreach work on the product, with the same limits stated here.
What this is, and is not
Who owns the listing?
The Open IP Market account holder owns the listing record on the platform. University IP ownership is unchanged unless you later sign an agreement with a third party. Uploading a patent does not assign rights.
Is this legal advice?
No. Listings, documents, and evaluation reports are tools. Independent legal review remains the TTO's and counsel's responsibility. Evaluation is not a formal legal opinion.
Is evaluation included in preview?
No. Evaluation is paid-only, 2 credits per run, and is still in beta. It is structured due diligence for briefing, not a valuation the university should treat as an appraisal.
Does this replace the technology-transfer office?
No. Open IP Market is the same slot SaaS inventors use. Policy, inventorship, and licensing decisions stay with the TTO. The product prepares materials. It does not run the office.
When should we publish a listing?
When the TTO is ready and the account is on a paid slot. Preview work can stay internal. Publishing puts a listing on the marketplace. Suggested companies remain suggestions, not confirmed licensees.
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