Our mission is to foster commercial investment in the development of inventions and discoveries flowing from the research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lincoln Laboratory. We do this through licensing of the intellectual property resulting from our research.

We are here to assist MIT inventors in protecting their technology, and in the licensing of that technology to existing companies and startups. Tell us about your invention. Talk to us »

Disclose an invention to our office »
Turn your Invention Into a Startup >>
IP Policy Guide
Use of Name Inquiries
Submit an incoming material request online
How do I get to the new MIT TLO office?

Inventor's Guide to Tech Transfer	New! MIT Inventor's Guide to Startups
IP Policy Guide
View Our Staff List

We grant licenses for our patented and copyrighted inventions, to both existing and startup companies that demonstrate the technical and financial capabilities to develop our early-stage technology into commercially successful products.

Take the first step and reach out to a Licensing Officer in your technology field of interest.  Talk to us »

Additionally, here are some links to help you get started:

Browse technologies available for licensing »

License the MIT Trademark

Find biology research reagents

Obtain biological and other materials from MIT

Read our success stories