Welcome to the Office of Technology Development at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, located in Suite 827 on the 8th Floor of the Library, Administration, and Resource Center at 433 Bolivar Street, New Orleans, LA  70112.  James Hardy is the Director of the Office of Technology Development, and the office number is (504) 568-8303.

The primary responsibility of the Office of Technology Development is to facilitate the research enterprise.  Specifically, we assist faculty, staff, and students whose research leads to inventions with the process of transferring significant novel intellectual property from the laboratory to the market place.  Inventors are strongly encouraged to disclose inventions to the Office of Technology Development before submitting manuscripts for publishing.

Academic technology transfer serves to:

• Facilitate the commercialization of research results for the public good
• Reward, retain, and recruit faculty
• Induce closer ties to industry
• Generate income and promote economic growth

The major steps in technology transfer are: disclosure of inventions; evaluation and marketing; patent prosecution; finding a licensee, negotiation of license agreements; and management of active licenses.  

Additionally, we are charged with establishing and enabling the relationships necessary for certain aspects of research and collaboration to occur, including Material Transfer Agreements, Confidential Disclosure Agreements, and Inter-Institutional Agreements.

We are committed to encouraging economic development for the New Orleans region and the State of Louisiana.  We encourage inventors and industry to contact us regarding opportunities for LSUHSC-NO technology.