FEATURED NEWS
UK AND LEXMARK FORM
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
The University of Kentucky's (UK) Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)  announces its first-ever license agreement with  Lexmark  International Inc. involving a project led by Joshua Werner, assistant professor in UK’s College of Engineering, exploring the recovery and recycling of precious metals. This agreement is related to and in support of a framework agreement with Lexmark for sponsored research and professional services. 
OUR FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
As COVID-19 has changed the way we work, live, research and communicate, the UK OTC team has been giving considerable thought as to how we can best assist in the fight against COVID-19. While we recognize that the landscape is quickly evolving, our COVID-19 site outlines the initial steps we’ve taken as an organization to support our researchers, connect our potential research partners, move COVID-19 relevant technologies into the marketplace more quickly, and help facilitate and showcase activities by UK startups, innovators and regional companies in support of front-line health care workers.
OTC EDUCATION SESSIONS
May OTC Webinar
How to Submit an Invention Disclosure and Stay in Compliance

Date: May 13, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m.

June OTC Webinar
What in the World is New Ventures?


Date: June 10, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m.

BY THE NUMBERS
ISSUED PATENTS
March 2020

Peixuan Guo
College of Pharmacy

Kunlei Liu, Guojie Qi, Cameron Lippert
Center for Applied Energy and Research

Joseph Chappell
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Gary Van Zant
College of Medicine

Hunter N. Moseley
College of Medicine
UK IP LICENSING DEALS
March 2020

Hackensack Meridian Health
Nora Warshawsky
College of Nursing

Lexmark International, Inc.
Joshua Werner
College of Engineering

VIR Biotechnology, Inc.
Edmund Rucker
College of Arts & Sciences

Zoetis Services, Inc.
Thomas Chambers, Stephanie Reedy
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
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Wednesday, April 29, 12:00 p.m. EDT
DID YOU KNOW?
UK has signed AUTM's COVID-19 licensing guidelines along with Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) & 70+ other universities. AUTM has long supported expediting research from academic & government labs around the world for the public good.