CTL works diligently with Cornell researchers and innovators by bringing their inventions from the lab to the marketplace. As Cornell’s technology commercialization office, we are exploring new ways to create business opportunities, launching new ventures, and helping to commercialize Cornell technologies. Learn more about CTL’s annual activities and metrics.
Commercializing
109
Licenses & Options
FY2020-2024:
477 Licenses & Options
$22 M
Revenue Generated
FY2020-2024:
$122M Revenue Generated
Venturing
10
New Startups Based on Cornell IP
$418.6 M
Funding Raised by Startups in FY24
- Neuralenz
- Kubbly
- BiaWear
- Anova Biomedical
- Astoria Biologica
- Carbon to Stone
- ExoPower
- Giant Biosystems
- Graphenode
- Sacyl Pharmaceuticals
FY2020-2024:
$2.3B Funding Raised by Startups
Protecting
169
US Non-Provisional Patent Applications
| Filed Location | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| U.S. Provisional | 158 | 163 | 163 | 164 | 143 |
| U.S. Nonprovisional | 195 | 179 | 164 | 169 | 169 |
| International | 322 | 304 | 318 | 217 | 251 |
| Total | 675 | 646 | 645 | 550 | 544 |
107
US Issued Patents
| FY | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| U.S. | 124 | 127 | 79 | 104 | 107 |
| International | 284 | 191 | 142 | 117 | 144 |
| Total | 408 | 318 | 221 | 221 | 251 |
Ideating
34
Educational Programs Offered
70
Office Hours
313
IP Disclosures
Recent News
Exostellar, a startup born from Cornell research, has achieved an outcome many entrepreneurs dream of – acquisition by a Fortune 500 company.
In the life of a technology company that aims to advance health care, the stage between promise and product can feel less like a runway and more like a tightrope.…
Ignite, reimagined in FY2021 to expand its scope and impact, has been guided by a clear goal: advancing cutting-edge discoveries toward world-changing solutions through targeted, staged de-risking and acceleration.
REEgen, a Cornell spinout that engineers bacteria to extract rare earth elements from industrial waste with technology licensed from Cornell, will scale up at a new development on Ithaca’s South…
