Our purpose

We identify and create new IP in the field of nanotechnology. We do this by building relationships and partnering with universities, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, corporations, private equity firms, government agencies and family offices as well as other venture firms.

Innovators - We start with the smartest talent pool

With a sharpened focus on innovation, our funding finds its way to institutions and entrepreneurs that support the continuous process of invention, where academia and business share brainpower and are hard at work to create nanotechnology advances. We are dedicated to college undergraduates at:

HBCU

  • Charles Drew
  • Howard
  • Jackson State
  • Morehouse College

Major universities

  • MIT
  • Stanford
  • Harvard
  • Berkeley
  • UCLA

Nanotechnologies and their applications are still being discovered and there are endless possibilities for a new generation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) professionals.

80% of the fastest growing occupations depend on STEM skills.

Patenting an Invention Process We Only Start with Viable IP

Patent protection is a proven means of supporting innovation. The aim, surely, is to create conditions that allow innovators and engineers to dedicate resources to development and find new ways allow us to connect and do business. Patenting promotes the systematic sharing of knowledge through patent disclosure, itself an important driver of innovation.

Patents facilitate advances throughout the technology life cycle:

Technology Push Patenting Licensing Market Pull Basic R&D Aplied R&D Demonstration Market Development Comercial Diffusion

Patent process timeline and major milestones:

Present Prosecution 12 month Present Pending Conception Patentability search Provisional Aplication Filed US Utility/PCT National Phase wthin 30 mont oof priority claim Patent Granted
Year 0 Utility Application field Patent granted (Approx.) In U.S. Maintenance Fee due 3.5 yrs In U.S. Maintenance Fee due 7.5 yrs In U.S. Maintenance Fee due 11.5 yrs Patent Expires/invention Enters Public Domain 20 Years After Utilty filing Approx 2.5 yrs Year 20