Testimonials

"Great people at your office--enjoy the relationship thoroughly, thanks."  –   Professor, Department of Medicine

"[TTO] was a significant asset during [our start-up's] licensing discussions with UCSD. Their depth of academic knowledge, business acumen and responsiveness aided us in closing a technically complex license for some technology from the department of BioEngineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering at UCSD." – CEO, Start-up Company

"The licensing officer I worked with was wonderful and very helpful." – Associate Professor, Department of Radiology

"I had a good working relationship with the Senior Licensing Officer who was always very responsive and fair in all aspects of interactions with me. I also want to commend the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for taking a risk on protecting the initial IP when there wasn't a commercial partner or license in place. Carefully evaluated situations are sometimes worth such risks, as was proven in this case that resulted in UCSD recovering all patent costs and signing a license. This occurred to a significant degree because of the good relationship between the faculty member and licensing officer, who were able to carefully do appropriate due diligence and arrive at a calculated risk scenario that was worth pursuing."    Professor, Department of Bioengineering

"Our licensing officer is very attentive and keeps us informed about each step." – Professor, Department of Pediatrics

"Our licensing officer has been very proactive in the handling of our inventions, has diligently worked to understand the inventions and their relationships to our industry partners, and has been very helpful with timely and accurate communication through the patent process. Thanks!" –  Professor, Department of Radiology

Comments after a university start-up acquisition: .."[this deal] perfectly represents how academic research, technology transfer and private industry can work together to bring innovative technologies to market" – Local Venture Capitalist

"Working with UCSD TTO in transferring technology developed at UCSD to one of our startups was indeed a pleasurable experience, and was a very, very quick process. TTO simply executes in a pro-startup fashion, and that is invaluable for the entrepreneurs." – CEO, Start-up Company

"Can't say enough about [Technology Transfer's] role in recognizing and restoring the damaged relationship between our company and the University as a result of this succesful negotiation." – Attorney, Biotechnology Company

"The Senior Licensing Officer I worked with was excellent and facilitated the process when the project had been mired for more than 2 years at the other Regents Tech office". – CEO, Biotechnology Company

"Thank you very much for your advice on various aspects of the IP issues associated with my lab! We have been interacting on the issues of my patents/disclosures that was filed with UCSD and the service that I received from the Technology Transfer Office Licensing Officer was always superb.  I was guided through the intricacy of licensing and potential commercial opportunities with deep understanding of technical details of the IP as it relates to our inventions. I am particularly impressed with their ability to explain complex legal issues using examples and simple language that even I can understand."  –   Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering

"Thank you for your assistance with our recent patent filings. I have been very impressed with your attention to detail and your interest in making sure that the process runs quickly and
smoothly. You kept us well informed throughout the process and did an amazing job of negotiating with the interested companies in a timely fashion. Based upon our interactions, I feel increased confidence in the ability of the UCSD Technology Transfer to handle our future IP
issues." – Professor, Department of Radiology

"As an inventor who has some experiences of the patenting procedure at another institute, I was pretty impressed and surprised at the service from the technology transfer office. Our invention required a quick response from the office otherwise we could lose some of our [patent] rights. Every procedure for applying a patent at the office was much faster than I expected. I have never imagined such a fast procedure even in the urgent situation. Moreover I was impressed again of my licensing officer's understanding on our field." – Researcher, Department of Radiology

"I understand the tremendous workload of [TTO] and the limited bandwidth to market any inventions. I would like to share my deep appreciation of the service provided by [TTO] to secure and protect our intellectual properties."   –  Professor, Department Electrical and Computer Engineering

"After I met [my licensing officer] for the first time, I was very impressed at how she had carefully read my disclosures and patents and proposed a very sensible marketing plan."   – Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

"I would like to thank my Licensing Officer in the Technology Transfer Office for her hard work and diligence that she has demonstrated on my most recent idea. [She] aggressively followed up on all the leads and immensely helped me understand the process of trying to get an idea to market.  She worked doggedly to find suitable interested parties for this device idea.  Her work is commendable."   – Professor, Department of Reproductive Medicine

"My inventions have been recently handled by licensing officer, who has been providing an outstanding service. [She] came to my lab on several occasions to personally evaluate commercial potential of new technologies developed in the lab and to guide me through the processes of disclosing new inventions and marketing those disclosed before. [She] has also been helping me in establishing a collaboration with a local biotech company. I feel strongly encouraged to keep working with UCSD Technology Transfer Office." – Associate Professor, Department of Physics

"I am very happy that you have taken over my patents at the office. I feel that you are taking lots of interests, actively pursuing these ideas and giving me lots of ideas about how to make them commercially successful. We have met several time during last 3 months and after each of these meetings I felt that you have taught me some thing new. I feel that you follow up on things in a very timely fashion and overall I feel very satisfied with our exchange so far."          – Professor, Department of Medicine

"I would like to express my appreciation of the quality of service and professionalism that I received from [my Licensing Officer]. We have been interacting on the issues of my patent that was filed with UCSD, and also on several other disclosures. I received impression that [she] is an exceptionally knowledgeable licensing officer who has very strong expertise and deep understanding of technical nuances of the intellectual property. Her style is enthusiastic and full of positive rapport."   –  Researcher, NanoTumor Center

Comments after TTO Staff Guest Lecture: "I saw a few of the senior design students yesterday afternoon and they told me "good job with getting the guest lecture". That is about the highest compliment you will hear from a student so I know they enjoyed your lecture. I did also and am glad we decided to include this topic in our course. Hopefully I can have you come back again next fall."    – Lecturer, Department of Bioengineering

"Thank you so very much for your support and service on the IAB for the last 4 years. Your participation has been invaluable and has been greatly appreciated by all."    –  MSO, Institute of Engineering in Medicine

"[Our Licensing Officer] played an extremely important role in guiding us and the member companies being recruited to the center, on issues related to intellectual property, membership agreement, and other related questions that were being negotiated. He joined us for several visits to companies, where he fielded questions on all these issues from the companies' high level executives. [He] made a significant contribution in bringing the new center project to fruition."    –  Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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UC San Diego

Technology Transfer Office

10300 N. Torrey Pines Rd.
TPCN, 1st Floor
La Jolla, CA 92093-0910
Tel: 858-534-5815
Fax: 858-534-7345
E-mail: invent@ucsd.edu