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• Technology Finders/Matchmakers/Laboratory Information
• Bay Area Economic/Regional Resources
• Professional TT Societies

Technology Finders/Matchmakers/Laboratory Information

UC Office of Technology Transfer

Technologies available for licensing for the University of California system. Also has TT information for UC faculty, students and staff.

LBNL Patent Department

Have questions on how to protect your intellectual property? Check out the Patent Department's web site for information on patents, copyright, trademark, and etc.

National Technology Transfer Center

Provides matchmaking services; training for TT professionals; site has latest SBIR and STTR solicitations from various agencies available on line.

Federal Laboratory Consortium

Federally-funded organization that studies and promotes TT, provides matchmaking service; publishes TT newsletter FLC Newslink; has 600 government laboratories as members.

Council on Government Relations

An association of research universities helps develop policies and practices that fairly reflect the mutual interest and separate obligations of federal agencies and universities in federal research and training. The Council also provides advice and information to its membership, and makes certain that federal agencies understand academic operations and the burden their proposed regulations might impose on colleges and universities.

Alameda Center for Environmental Technologies

ACET, the Alameda Center for Environmental Technologies, is a business incubator for environmental, biotechnology, and energy start-up companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. ACET facilitates the fast-track transfer of technologies through its network of entrepreneurs, vendors, and European Union contacts through Savoie Technolac in France. ACET also maintains a pass-through Work for Others contract with Berkeley Lab that allows small businesses rapid access to researchers.

The Science-Lab

A directory of Technology related websites.

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Bay Area Economic/Regional Resources

TechVentures Network

The TechVentures Network (aka. Bay Area Regional Technology Alliance - BARTA) is a nonprofit consortium of organizations devoted to encouraging technology-based economic development in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and its Initiatives address critical issues facing Silicon Valley. It works to bring people together from business, government, education and the community to act on regional issues affecting economic vitality and quality of life in Silicon Valley.

Association of Bay Area Governments

The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), owned and operated by the cities and counties of the San Francisco Bay Area, is one of more than 560 regional planning agencies across the nation working to help solve problems in areas such as land use, housing, environmental quality, and economic development.

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Professional TT Societies

Association of University Technology Managers

Sponsors courses, conferences, events dealing with tech transfer; publishes sample standard agreements, lists patent, copyright, trademark, government/university TT resources available online (much more comprehensive listing than this!).

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Last modified 6/21/2001.