Moving Inventions from Lab to Society.

Outsourced technology transfer and commercialization services for educational institutions and research centers. Complete operations for colleges, universities, research and medical institutions. Part-time support for those with existing departments.

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The L2C Partners Advantage

We help institutions identify, protect, monetize new income sources -- on an ongoing basis.

Develop Ideas & Inventions

Inspire, develop, evaluate, protect.

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Grow and Showcase Your IP

Out-license, spin-off.

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License Products & Build Businesses

License, develop, monetize.

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Develop Ideas & Inventions

We encourage early contact between you, your Institution’s inventors and L2C Partners to discuss inventions, innovations and ideas. And, we provide on-going education for faculty, students and staff. This provides an opportunity for you to get initial and continuing guidance concerning the development, disclosure and protection processes.

The formal Tech Transfer or Commercialization Process begins with a written notice of invention from the inventor to you. The Invention Disclosure is a confidential record, which fully documents the invention so options for commercialization can be evaluated and pursued. It allows L2C to determine what companies may be interested in license or acquisition and why.

Commercialization is the process of introducing a new product or production method into commerce - making it available on the market.

Grow and Showcase Your IP

Determine whether to focus on licensing to an existing business or to create a new start-up. Using proprietary resources, appropriate social media, other business networks, we identify and agree on candidate companies that hold expertise, resources, distribution channels, to bring the invention to market.

License Products

Whether a licensee company or an existing 3rd party or a start-up continues advancement of the technology, L2C and its partner firms will advise on investment required to develop the product or service. We can help you through further development, regulatory approvals, sales and marketing, training and additional fund raising.

A license agreement is a contract between the institution and a 3rd party in which the Inventor / institution's rights are licensed without relinquishing ownership for financial and other benefits.

L2C Partners & Saul Ewing LLC

Disclosure of a scientific discovery or invention presents a prime opportunity for institutions to promote technological development and to generate new sources of income. But first, commercial prospects for the underlying intellectual property need to be evaluated and the necessary actions must be taken to protect it.

These are crucial tasks for any tech transfer office, whether internal or outsourced.

Researchers with one L2C client developed an advancement in gene science. Invention discovery discussions are frequent and a regular part of the L2C process. The client inventors believed the discovery had potential applications in genetic and cancer research -- and the L2C team swung into action.

L2C Partners’ Founder and CEO Merle Gilmore and Domingos Silva, a Saul Ewing IP attorney, worked together to provide the client with the seamless experience it would receive through an internal tech transfer office. First, Ms. Gilmore, who has 20+ years of experience in commercialization, working with high growth emerging businesses, evaluated the commercial potential of the discovery. Then, Dr. Silva, who holds a PhD in organic chemistry from Princeton University, drafted and filed a patent application directed to the discovery. This was the first patent application filed by the client in its long history.

Drafting and filing patent applications are complicated and time-consuming processes that require assistance from legal professionals with a technical background that aligns with the science behind the discovery. Not only do Saul Ewing attorneys and patent agents have advanced degrees in diverse scientific fields, they also have commercial business experience to assist in capturing the commercial attributes of patentable technology. These capabilities, combined with those of L2C, help direct L2C clients toward solutions that will help protect and build their IP portfolios.