Washington State University

WSU is among the top land grant research universities in the US where internationally recognized faculty in many academic areas conduct cutting edge research resulting in discoveries and technologies with commercial potential. These discoveries provide great benefits to the quality of human lives globally in agriculture, clean technologies, food processing, global animal and human health, engineering and IT. In partnership with the Office of Economic Development, the Office of Commercialization (OC) ensure that innovations and discoveries by WSU researchers are evaluated, protected where possible, and prepared for potential licensing by third parties. Our staff supports this goal of translating research discoveries into innovations for the marketplace.