Office of Technology Transfer

Business

WRRC and the Agricultural Research Service actively seek partners for technology transfer. This can take multiple forms:

Patent Licensing. An organization with manufacturing capacity may license (exclusively or non-exclusively) USDA-owned patents. A partial list of patents eligible for licensing can be viewed at Available Technologies: https://www.ars.usda.gov/ott/available-technologies/

Joint Research. A private company, a non-profit organization, or any non-federal government agency may partner with USDA to conduct joint research and any resulting patent may be licensed exclusively to the research partner. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ott/partnership-section-folder/partnerships/

Grants. Companies or individuals with research capacity may be eligible for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. Recipients of such grants may be eligible for cooperative research with USDA scientists. https://nifa.usda.gov/program/small-business-innovation-research-program-sbir

Current WRRC collaborations are listed here: Collaborations

You may contact the PWA Technology Transfer Office at:

Pacific West Area

Office of Technology Transfer

800 Buchanan Street

Albany, CA 94710


David Nicholson	Teresa O'Keeffe
PWA Technology Transfer Coordinator	PWA Technology Transfer Assistant
(510) 559-5641	(510) 559-6488
(510) 559-6091
David.Nicholson@usda.gov	Teresa.Okeeffe@usda.gov