University Technology & Economic Development - The URC: A Proposed Model for Innovation and IP Capital Deployment

This paper describes an organizational model – the University Research Corporation (URC) - that would serve to expedite the development and deployment of technology in alignment with the mission of a college or university that conducts research. Three major areas for the proposed organization – Structure, Intellectual Property, and Economic Development – are described that employ any or all of three types of partners anticipated for the URC, namely academic, governmental and industrial