Technology Licensing Associate - Office of Technology Transfer

Penn State

Hours: Full time
Where: Penn State University Park
Posted: Sep 25

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

POSITION SPECIFICS

The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the Pennsylvania State University is seeking to fill two (2) vacancies for the role of Technology Licensing Associate.

These positions will be located in State College, PA, and each of them will report to an Assistant Director of Technology Licensing.

Candidates must be US Citizens to apply.

Responsibilities: The primary responsibilities of this position include the following but are not limited to the following:

Education and Experience: This job will be filled at the Technology Licensing Officer - Intermediate Professional level.

What you'd do

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Portfolio Management either within the Agricultural Sciences, Life Sciences or Physical Sciences/Engineering field which includes providing clarity and outreach to new inventors and triage of new disclosures
Implementing Patent Strategy to include timeliness of filing and managing the initiation of the patent application process from filing a provisional patent application through the expiration or abandonment of an issued patent.
Liaison with innovators, patent attorneys, and licensees on patent strategy matters
Assist or implement marketing intellectual property (IP) to identify opportunities for commercial research and development partnerships and/or licensing.
Assist throughout the negotiation and execution process of our license agreements
Assist in or identify opportunities to increase OTT’s success in reaching our goals
Other duties as assigned

Starts: 2026-09-25