Company Profile
TechLink
Company Overview
TechLink is a nationally recognized technology transfer center at Montana State University that was established in 1996. Since 1999, TechLink has served as the primary “partnership intermediary” for the US Department of Defense (DoD), helping DoD to develop productive technology partnerships with US industry, primarily small businesses.
TechLink’s primary focus is helping DoD labs to transfer their inventions to US companies. These license agreements enable companies to develop, manufacture, and sell new products and services using DoD inventions. In addition, TechLink helps to establish cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) between DoD labs and companies for joint development of new technology. Finally, TechLink helps companies secure competitive research and development (R&D) contracts from DoD to develop new technologies that have both military and commercial applications. These R&D contracts are primarily through the DoD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
Notable Clients
Department of Defense
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
DoD labs generate over 500 patented inventions a year in virtually all technology fields, including medicine, electronics, software, communications, advanced materials, and energy-related technologies. TechLink currently brokers or facilitates approximately 60 percent of all DoD’s license agreements with industry.
Altogether, TechLink has established more than 925 technology partnerships between US industry and DoD. These partnerships involve 97 different DoD laboratories or organizations and have resulted in the transfer of over 900 inventions to US industry. TechLink generates more than a 4:1 return on investment to DoD from licensing and other fees.