STC Unm

Unm Rainforest Innovations is the technology transfer and economic development organization supporting the university of new mexico ("Unm") and the corporation was formed under the state of new mexico university research park and economic development act. Unm Rainforest Innovations endeavors to make it easy, as possible, for Unm researchers and faculty inventors to disclose Innovations. Unm Rainforest Innovations protects technologies (intellectual property) developed at Unm through patent and copyright consistent with the provisions of the federal bayh-dole act. During fiscal year 2022, nm Rainforest Innovations received 45 issued patents from the u.s. patent and trademark office and filed 56 new patent application with the u.s. patent and trademark office. Additionally, during the fiscal year 2022, Unm Rainforest Innovations entered into 41 license and option-to-license agreements. As the economic development organization for the university of new mexico, Unm Rainforest Innovations seeks to find various initiatives to create economic development that is relevant to the university. Unm Rainforest Innovations has received, in fiscal year 2022, two u.s. economic development administration grants to promote job creation, create broader opportunities through entrepreneurship and reduce barriers to entrepreneurship and assist inventors to commercialize their inventions.