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TechLink helps ARL launch online technology store

US
Army
Research
Laboratory
Launches
On-­‐Line
Technology
Store
Have
you
ever
wondered
how
to
tap
into
cutting-­‐edge
technology
from
the
Department
of
Defense
to
make
your
business
more
competitive
and
profitable?

The
Army
Research
Lab
has
launched
a
new
website
that
will
make
it
easy
for
you
to
find
and
gain
rights
to
ARL’s
patented
technologies.

The
"ARL
IP
Store" http://license.techlinkcenter.org/?q=arl
is
a
website
that
allows
users
to
browse
technologies,
select
a
specific
opportunity,
download
the
patent
and
published
papers,
and
apply
for
a
license
to
make,
use
and
sell
the
technology,
all
on-­‐line.

The
store
is
opening
with
an
inventory
of
20
technologies–
from
remote
sensing
devices
to
advanced
materials
and
semiconductors.

This
initial
inventory
represents
only
a
fraction
of
ARL’s
over
300
active
patents,
and
the
store
will
continually
add
new
selections.
"We’re
hoping
that
putting
some
of
our
patented
technologies
into
an
online
store
will
bring
these
technologies
to
the
attention
of
entrepreneurs
who
can
bring
them
to
market,"
said
Thomas
Mulkern,
chief
of
the
ARL
Technology
Transfer
and
Outreach
Office.

"The
Army
Research
Lab
is
eager
to
work
with
the
business
community."

The
online
store,
a
first-­‐of-­‐kind
licensing
portal
for
the
DoD,
came
about
through
a
team
effort
including
ARL
and
two
of
its
key
partners
in
the
technology
transfer
arena,
TechLink
and
Leidos
Corp.

The
team
began
working
in
January
2016
to
identify
patents
that
would
be
good
candidates
for
the
store,
especially
those
approaching
a
second
round
of
maintenance
fees.

"These
are
great
technologies
that
just
haven’t
had
the
right
exposure,
or
found
the
right
home,"
notes
Dan
Swanson,
Licensing
Leader
at
TechLink.

"By
promoting
them
in
an
online
store,
and
making
the
licensing
language
and
terms
straightforward
and
affordable,
we
hope
to
move
the
technologies
out
into
the
world
where
they
can
do
some
good."

About
ARL
The
U.S.
Army
Research
Laboratory
is
part
of
the
U.S.
Army
Research,
Development
and
Engineering
Command,
which
has
the
mission
to
ensure
decisive
overmatch
for
unified
land
operations
to
empower
the
Army,
the
joint
warfighter
and
our
nation.

RDECOM
is
a
major
subordinate
command
of
the
U.S.
Army
Materiel
Command.

About
TechLink

TechLink
helps
the
Department
of
Defense
to
establish
licensing
and
other
technology
transfer
agreements
with
US
industry.

These
agreements
transfer
DoD
inventions
to
industry,
enable
companies
to
create
new
products
and
services,
and
stimulate
economic
development.
About
Leidos
Leidos
is
a
global
leader
in
the
integration
and
application
of
information,
technology,
and
systems
to
solve
critical
customer
problems,
delivering
innovative
solutions
and
services
through
the
collaboration
of
diverse
and
talented
employees

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