• K-State Chemical Engineer Patents Enzymatic Preparation To Make All-Natural Ingredients In The Lab (News Release: K-State Media Relations & Marketing, June 22, 2010)
• K-State Researchers Develop, Patent More Efficient Way To Make Multipurpose Gel Material With Wide Commercial Applications (News Release: K-State Media Relations & Marketing, May 25, 2010)
• K-State Spotlight on Intellectual Property Luncheon Set for April 16, 2010 (News Release: K-State Media Relations & Marketing)
• K-State Researchers Using Stem Cells from the Umbilical Cord to Transport Capsules of Anti-Cancer Drugs Directly to Tumors (News Release: K-State Media Relations & Marketing, July 10, 2008)
• K-State Physics Researchers Make Progress in Developing Faster, More Powerful Lasers to Identify, Image Molecular Elements and Improve Machining (News Release: K-State Media Relations & Marketing, March 27, 2008)
• DuPont Crop Protection and Kansas State University Research Foundation Partner To Commercialize Sorghum Herbicide Tolerant Traits (K-State Research and Extension News, February 6, 2008)
• The State of Tech Transfer (insidehighered.com, December 4, 2007)
• The Better World Project by AUTM

The business of a University is the creation and dissemination of knowledge. Inventing or creating something and putting it to use in service of the public is one mode of accomplishing this objective.

Accordingly, the University encourages the inventive/creative process and provides advice and assistance within the limits of financial practicality to bring intellectual property to the point of commercial use.

Since the majority of the disclosures received are in the very early stages, your cooperation and assistance are critical in obtaining legal protection and in marketing your invention or other creative works. More...

K-State has an active program to facilitate technology licensing and transfer (commercialization) of intellectual property developed by University faculty. This process is facilitated through a partnership between Kansas State University Research Foundation (KSURF) and the National Institute for Strategic Acquisition and Commercialization (NISTAC). KSURF has the responsibility for managing the intellectual property portfolio of the University with NISTAC serving as KSURF's commercialization agent. NISTAC is a not-for-profit joint venture between the State of Kansas, Kansas State University, and the City of Manhattan, Kansas. More...