What We Do

As the technology transfer office for the University of Southern California, the USC Stevens Center serves as a university-wide gateway that works to move and maximize the discoveries of USC researchers from the lab to the marketplace. The Stevens Center manages a broad portfolio of university-owned intellectual property stemming from more than $1.04 billion in annual research revenues and licenses them to existing businesses or startups so they can be developed into products and services that improve human lives, transform industries, and fuel economic growth. Through collaborative commercialization of technologies, we play an important role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and support the development of innovations that positively impact the world’s greatest challenges.

Partner

We bring the right people together at the right time, connecting innovators with companies that value new ideas and want to move fast. Through strategic collaboration and aligned goals, partnerships advance research and open doors to commercial opportunity.

Protect

We help innovators safeguard the value they create, from invention disclosure to patent decisions that set future success in motion. Clear guidance ensures ideas remain secure while staying prepared for industry engagement down the line.

Commercialize

By linking innovators with industry partners across Southern California and beyond, we turn collaboration into opportunity and growth in the marketplace.