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About Us

OTC Services


  • Identify and evaluate patentable inventions
  • Develop and manage patent prosecution strategies
  • Facilitate transfer of technologies into commercial products
  • Market and license UTEP inventions
Patent Portfolio

Our Patent Portfolio consists of patents from our major technology sectors, including: water tech, 3D printing, therapeutics, medical devices, and advanced materials.

Patent Management

We identify potential licensees and start-up opportunities, and then draft, negotiate, and manage all commercialization activities. This includes various agreements involving confidentiality, material and data transfers, option, licensing, and sponsored research and collaboration.

Educational Resources

We provide educational resources to UTEP innovators and entrepreneurs on start-up formation, business plan development, fundraising, and resource-matching activities.

MEET OUR TEAM

Michael Dalby - Assistant VP for Innovation, Commercialization, and Economic Development -
Jennifer Ramirez - Patent Coordinator - Jennifer joined the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) at UTEP in 2014. She maintains our patent docket and oversees all aspect of patent filing and patent prosecution. Jennifer helps increase campus-wide awareness in IP protection and technology commercialization. She coordinates and corresponds with faculty and outside counsel to ensure all the logistic of obtaining a patent is accomplished in a timely manner. Jennifer assists in research, promotes the office on social media and reconciles all office's financial accounts, and is a vital member of the team at the core of increasing office productivity and maintaining smooth operation.

Before joining UTEP, Jennifer was an experienced paralegal dealing with patent and trademark applications and prosecutions.

Jennifer has a degree in Associate of Applied Sciences in Paralegal Studies from El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX.
Tracy Huhn - Business Engagement Coordinator -
Nicole Gustafson - Invention Associate -
Tshering Uden - Invention Associate -

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