UARF is the official licensing arm for The University of Akron

UARF holds more than 400 active issued, pending and provisional patents and works with licensees to offer flexible licensing terms that fit industry needs. UARF licensees range from Fortune 500 companies to early-stage startups and cover varied industries like advanced materials and coatings, specialty polymers, electronics, medical devices, biomimicry, sensors, and enterprise software. 

Explore intellectual property that might add value to your institution:

• Check out UA’s published patents and patent applications
• Contact UARF with your needs at [email protected]
• Review UARF’s template license agreement, which can be modified to suit your business’s needs
• If you want assistance with research or testing, UA's Office of Research can help you connect with UA faculty experts

For UA Inventors:

University of Akron faculty disclose more than 80 inventions per year and their work has led to commercial products like crisper imaging smart phone screens and drug eluting coronary stents. If you think your research has led or is leading to a valuable invention, the first step to obtaining a patent is to disclose your invention. Fill out a Disclosure of Invention Form and email it to Kelly Bialek at [email protected]

​You can also learn more about the patent process 
through the following resources:

• The Inventor’s Guide to Technology Transfer, published jointly by UA and UARF, outlines the patenting and licensing process.
• Visit UA’s Office of Technology Transfer primer on the invention disclosure process.
• Fill out a Disclosure of Invention Form and email it to Kelly Bialek at [email protected]