ARS maintains strong stakeholder relationships at the local, regional, and national levels, ensuring the relevance of its research and adoption of its results.  We are actively seeking partners that can benefit from ARS’ research capacity and have interest in the topics of ARS research. 

ATIP members work with ARS to expand outreach activities to disseminate USDA-ARS research advances to private sector audiences.  ATIP members coordinate regional co-sponsored events with ARS to showcase technologies and research capabilities.  The goals of these events are to provide technical and business assistance to farmers and businesses; identify potential collaborators; and transfer patented ARS technologies to the private sector for commercial use.

ATIP members serve dual roles as ARS partnership intermediaries described above and as Board Managers for the ATIP Foundation.  The ATIP members established the Foundation to provide unifying entity independent of ARS, as well as, the flexibility to engage other organizations that have a vested interest in seeing USDA research outcomes adopted by the private sector.  Foundation objects are:  (1) Expedite the transition of USDA-ARS technologies from USDA-ARS labs into the commercial sector; (2) Seek funds to support the research needs of the USDA-ARS; (3) Develop industry access to utilize USDA-ARS research and research facilities; (4) Create sustainable communities by promoting regional innovation clusters, supported by USDA-ARS research outcomes; and (5) Host regional events co-sponsored with ARS, showcasing technologies and research capacity.

Cathleen Cohn

Tech Transfer Liaison

Cathleen.Cohn@ars.usda.gov
Phone: (301)504-4523
Fax: (301) 504-5060

Partnership & Grants

Partnerships and Grants helps coordinate the development of partnerships, working with those interested in partnering with ARS to identify and connect with the appropriate ARS scientists. Partnerships and Grants also works to help ARS scientists become more successful in obtaining soft funding by providing assistance in finding funding opportunities, providing training and resources, and developing partnership opportunities

Dr. Robert MacDonald

Coordinator 
Robert.MacDonald@ars.usda.gov
Phone: (301) 504-1184
Fax: (301) 504-5060

The Patent Section provides strategic guidance to scientists regarding patent protection for their research results. The Section is also responsible for receiving invention reports, convening three National Patent Committees (Mechanical and Measurement, Life Sciences, and Chemistry), preparing and prosecuting patent applications, and reviewing patent legal work performed by cooperator and ARS contract law firms.

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has been delegated authority by the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the patent program for ARS, the review of CRADAs and the technology licensing program for all intramural research conducted by USDA. Thus, the Annual Reports on Technology Transfer covers technology transfer activities and metrics for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Forest Service (FS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services (APHIS-WS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Veterinary Services (APHIS-VS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (APHIS-PPQ), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services (APHIS-BRS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s International Services (APHIS-IS), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Economic Research Service (ERS), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Rural Development (RD), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Grain inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Food Safety and Inspection service (FSIS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The Reports include tabular metrics of inventions, licenses, and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, as well as a section on notable “Downstream Outcomes” and “Outreach, Workshops, Field Days & Forums Activities.” These Outcomes and Activities reflect the breadth of mechanisms used by USDA to effect technology transfer, as well as the breadth of scope in addressing issues for the agriculture sector.

* The entire USDA Report includes multiple agencies and is found on the USDA link.

* The ARS section of the Report is found on the ARS link.  

FY 2012

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FY 2011 USDA/ARS

FY 2010 USDA/ARS

FY 2009 USDA/ARS

FY 2008 USDA/ARS

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Each year, approximately 60 new patents are issued by the U.S. Patent Office for USDA inventions. The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) transfers these inventions through licenses to the private sector for commercialization. Below are links to technologies that are available for licensing. Please contact OTT licensing staff for more information on a specific invention.

Available Technologies Spreadsheet

Biological Materials Spreadsheet

Training

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Forming Partnerships with the Agricultural Research Service

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