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
| FY | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total | 109 | 113 | 89 | 93 | 69 |
$22.9 M Revenue Generated
Venturing
10
New Startups
$418.6 M
Startup Funding
- Anova Biomedical
- Astoria Biologica
- Carbon to Stone
- ExoPower
- Giant Biosystems
- Graphenode
- Sacyl Pharmaceuticals
- Neuralenz
- Kubbly
- BiaWear
Ideating
34
Educational Programs Offered
Program Activity:
- Practicum/Ignite Fellow and Intern Training: 14
- External Events: 34
- Office Hours: 70
- FY24 Practicants: 14
Explore Event Recordings
70
Office Hours
313
IP Disclosures (Without Academic Material)
- 2024: 313
- 2023: 310
- 2022: 419
- 2021: 439
- 2020: 518
Protecting
169 US Non-Provisional Patent Applications
| Filed Location | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| U.S. Provisional | 143 | 164 | 163 | 163 | 158 |
| U.S. Nonprovisional | 169 | 169 | 164 | 179 | 195 |
| International | 251 | 217 | 318 | 304 | 322 |
| Total | 544 | 550 | 645 | 646 | 675 |
107 US Issued Patents
| FY | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| U.S. | 107 | 104 | 79 | 127 | 124 |
| International | 1144 | 117 | 142 | 191 | 284 |
| Total | 251 | 221 | 221 | 318 | 408 |
Recent News
Héctor D. Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently won the Enrico Fermi…
For their work on strengthening food crops against pests and diseases, and on hybrid materials for applications including cancer therapeutics, respectively, Cornell professors Herb Aldwinckle and Ulrich Wiesner have been elected fellows of the…
Four Cornell University researchers have been accepted into the third cohort of the Ignite Fellow for New Ventures program from the Center for Technology Licensing (CTL). By training scientists and…
Gallox Semiconductors, led by Jonathan McCandless, Ph.D. ’23, has been selected for the fourth cohort of the Breakthrough Energy Fellows, a group of entrepreneurs focusing on technology that reduce greenhouse…
