2013 UC Merced Research Enterprise Book

Innovation Merced

UC Merced, known for creativity, celebration of diversity and cutting-edge research, encourages talent from all corners of the campus to develop the best new ideas for the benefit of society.

Innovation Merced is a broadly scoped, multi-faceted endeavor recently initiated to ensure the continued growth of campus innovation from our schools of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Social Science, Humanities and Arts. The program is also designed to facilitate the transfer of our innovations to commercial partners for the development of products and services beneficial to society.

In achieving these goals, we ensure compliance with all relevant laws and University of California policy, direct patent filings and patent prosecution, perform marketing assessments, determine the commercial relevance of campus inventions, seek out potential corporate research partners and negotiate all contracts relating to the commercial- ization of campus inventions.

Innovation Merced is dedicated to educating all faculty and staff members and students on all matters relating to entrepreneurship, intellectual property and business development, and continually seeks opportunities to further develop our campus’s flourishing culture of science, research and engineering combined with entrepreneurial spirit.

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