Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (VTIP)
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties
A 501(c)(3) affiliated corporation of the Virginia Tech Foundation
In coordination with LINK+LICENSE+LAUNCH, VTIP serves the Virginia Tech community to protect inventions and ensure intellectual property developed at Virginia Tech is transitioned to market where it can deliver societal and economic benefit.

We help discoveries reach markets where they drive business growth, seed new enterprises, and enable economic prosperity.
A Technology Engine
Virginia Tech’s $500M+- per-year research portfolio spans engineering and life sciences, as well as social sciences, policy, and creative arts. Through our use-inspired, diversified research capabilities, we support all major federal agencies. Nearly 15 percent of expenditures derive from corporate sponsors, providing faculty and partners opportunities to collaborate on cutting-edge, applied research and development.
The result: every day, faculty, students, and staff generate inventions with important market and societal applications. VTIP is here to support the transition of discoveries by shepherding inventions through patenting and license negotiation. We bring extensive experience in intellectual property management and transactions and offer business-friendly terms to streamline the process and create win-wins.
- VTIP 22-108: Increased Control Over Additive Manufacturing of Functional Emulsions
- VTIP 22-100: Robotic Aerial Vehicle Fabricator
- VTIP 21-088: Thermal Control During Additive Manufacturing - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-069: Unlocking True 3D Printing Potential - Virginia Tech Start-up
- VTIP 20-053: 3D Printable Multifunctional Fibers - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-046: Personalized Medicine Using Additive Manufacturing - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-015: High Temperature 3D Printing - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 16-152: Corrugated Layering for FDM 3D Printing - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-037: Electrostatic De-icing Method - Non-Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-070: A Low-cost GPS Spoofing Detector - Open Source
- VTIP 20-109: Planar Bridging-Droplet Thermal Diodes - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 14-104: Omni-directional Impact Absorber - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-084: Bacterial Strains for Soybean Growth Enhancement - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-119: Enhancing Phosphate-Use Efficiency - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-052: A Way to Use Poultry Litter Ash Efficiently - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-041: A Broad-spectrum Biopesticide Strain with Plant Growth Promoting Capability - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 17-097: Novel Production Method of Stink Bug -Exclusive rights available Pheromone for Crop Protection - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 22-015: Smart Work Zone System - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-096: Novel Automotive Double Damper Suspension System - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-079: Data-driven, Smart, Non-pneumatic Tires
- VTIP 21-037: Electrostatic De-icing Method - Non-Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-018: New Carbon Dioxide Absorbent Material - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-004: High-energy Lithium Batteries - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 22-042: Multiresonant Plasmonic Meshes for Bio-interfaced Sensing and Actuation
- VTIP 22-037: Intensity-adjustable Cavitation Generator
- VTIP 22-024: Anti-spike Protein SARS-COV-2 Nanobodies
- VTIP 21-099: Drug Dosage Testing using Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-028: Fast and Ultrasensitive SERS Detection - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-027: Antibody Mimicking Molecule for SARS CoV2 - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-120: Hydrogels with Tunable Stability - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-092: Residual Glioblastoma and Glioma Cell Capture - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-063: Potent Antimalarial Compound
- VTIP 20-065: Improved Performance Baseline Correction Methods for Raman Spectroscopy - Licensed
- VTIP 20-053: 3D Printable Multifunctional Fibers - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-048: A Novel Orally Administered Antimalarial - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-044: Rapid DNA Extraction Using Ultrasonic Bursts - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-067: Smart Hemodialysis Device - Licensed
- VTIP 19-064, 19-065: Novel Drug Delivery Platform - Licensed
- VTIP 19-046: Personalized Medicine Using Additive Manufacturing - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-020: Enhanced Anti-Tumor Immune State - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 18-071: New Process for Selective Polysaccharide Derivative Oxidation - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 18-022: Novel Electrolyte Formulation to Enhance Cardiac Function - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 17-097: Novel Production Method of Stink Bug Pheromone for Crop Protection - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 17-031: Nanoparticle-based Nicotine Nanovaccine - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 22-143: Transparent Nanoplasmonic Meshes for Bio-interfaced Multimodal Biochemical Sensing
- VTIP 22-137: Thin Film to Improve Lithium Batteries
- VTIP 22-061: Molecular Cage for the Capture of Large Cations
- VTIP 22-057: Recovering Critical Elements from Acid Mine Drainage
- VTIP 21-124: Passive Crystal Antineutrino Detectors for Nuclear Safeguards - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-118: Solid-infused Surfaces for Efficient Condensation
- VTIP 21-100: Colloid Droplet Transport and Micro/nanoparticle Self-assembly - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-059: Apparatus for Enriching the Concentration of Trace Components in an Air Flow - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-001: Wearable Chemical Sensors - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-069: Unlocking True 3D Printing Potential - Virginia Tech Start-up
- VTIP 20-062: Biocompatible Strain Sensing Polymer Fiber - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-052: A Way to Use Poultry Litter Ash Efficiently - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-049: Robotic High Throughput Rheology Platform - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-063: Cost Effective Battery for Renewable Energy Storage - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-059: Novel Polymer Foaming Mold - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-053: 3D Printable Multifunctional Fibers - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-046: Personalized Medicine Using Additive Manufacturing - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-018: New Carbon Dioxide Absorbent Material - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-016: Advanced Carbon Fiber Electrodes - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-004: High-energy Lithium Batteries - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 18-145: Novel Low-Cost Method for Graphene Production - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 18-101: Compatibilization of Polymer Blends - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 17-074: Carbon Fiber with Uniform Pore Size - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 22-116: GazePair: Mixed Reality Device Pairing - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-097: Galois Extension Field Block Cipher - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-055: In-fiber Optical Micro-resonators - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-053: Wearable Supercomputing Platform for Search-and-rescue Operations - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-003: Glanceability in Augmented Reality Systems - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-098: Quantitative Approach and Departure Risk Assessment - Licensed
- VTIP 20-090: Advanced Cybersecurity Threat Detection Program - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-070: A Low-cost GPS Spoofing Detector - Open Source
- VTIP 20-069: Unlocking True 3D Printing Potential - Virginia Tech Start-up
- VTIP 20-065: Improved Performance Baseline Correction Methods for Raman Spectroscopy - Licensed
- VTIP 20-013: Quantum Control Technique - Option
- VTIP 18-005: Novel Real Time Scheduler
- VTIP 20-003: Novel Broadband and High Gain Antenna
- VTIP 22-034: Forearm Exoskeleton for Tremor Alleviation (FETA) - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-139: Krill Oil Nanoemulsions - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-133: Measurement-based Care (MBC) Implementation Training Module - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-059: Apparatus for Enriching the Concentration of Trace Components in an Air Flow - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-029: Lightweight Face Shield Attachable to Mouthpiece Devices - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-054: Smart Exoskeleton Glove - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-059: Novel Polymer Foaming Mold - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-004: High-energy Lithium Batteries - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-138: Large Animal Dystocia Simulator - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-133: Measurement-based Care (MBC) Implementation Training Module - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-126: Canine Otoscopy Training Model - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-002: Horse Distal Limb Ultrasound Simulator - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 22-015: Smart Work Zone System - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-097: Galois Extension Field Block Cipher - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-078: Single Gate Driver System for DC Circuit Breakers
- VTIP 21-055: In-fiber Optical Micro-resonators - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-004: Double-Side Cooled Power Modules with Sintered-Silver Interposer - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-111: Double-side Cooled Medium-voltage Power Modules - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-109: Planar Bridging-Droplet Thermal Diodes - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-082: Novel Underwater Propulsion Mechanism - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-062: Biocompatible Strain Sensing Polymer Fiber - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-013: Quantum Control Technique - Optioned
- VTIP 19-063: Cost Effective Battery for Renewable Energy Storage - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-054: Smart Exoskeleton Glove - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-053: 3D Printable Multifunctional Fibers - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-022: Three Phase CLLC Resonant Converter - CPES
- VTIP 19-016: Advanced Carbon Fiber Electrodes
- VTIP 19-004: High-energy Lithium Batteries - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 18-005: Novel Real Time Scheduler - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 17-074: Carbon Fiber with Uniform Pore Size
- VTIP 22-113: Novel Dust Removal Methods for Underground Mining
- VTIP 21-095: Power Take-off for Ocean Wave Energy Harvester- Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-066: Energy-harvesting Railroad Tie - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-031: New Type of Wave Energy Converter - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-118: Solid-infused Surfaces for Efficient Condensation
- VTIP 20-084: Robot for Power Line Vibration Control - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-055: Single Power Takeoff for Multiple Source Energy Harvesting - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-053: 3D Printable Multifunctional Fibers - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-021: Community Energy Distribution and Incentivization Platform - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-063: Cost Effective Battery for Renewable Energy Storage - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-022: Three Phase CLLC Resonant Converter - CPES
- VTIP 19-018: New Carbon Dioxide Absorbent Material - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-016: Advanced Carbon Fiber Electrodes
- VTIP 19-004: High-energy Lithium Batteries - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 17-074: Carbon Fiber with Uniform Pore Size
- VTIP 21-059: Apparatus for Enriching the Concentration of Trace Components in an Air Flow - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-055: Single Power Takeoff for Multiple Source Energy Harvesting - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-052: A Way to Use Poultry Litter Ash Efficiently - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-063: Cost Effective Battery for Renewable Energy Storage - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 22-041: New Way of Generating Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- VTIP 22-034: Forearm Exoskeleton for Tremor Alleviation (FETA) - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-106: Implant for Plantar Plate Repair - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-095: Mobile Exhalation Decoder for Predictive Breath VOC Markers - Licensed
- VTIP 20-092: Residual Glioblastoma and Glioma Cell Capture - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-083: Extensible Continuum Manipulator - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-065: Improved Performance Baseline Correction Methods for Raman Spectroscopy - Licensed
- VTIP 20-062: Biocompatible Strain Sensing Polymer Fiber - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-054: Smart Exoskeleton Glove - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-053: 3D Printable Multifunctional Fibers - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-044: Rapid DNA Extraction Using Ultrasonic Bursts - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 19-067: Smart Hemodialysis Device - Licensed
- VTIP 13-013: Photon-integrating/counting Detector Combination
- VTIP 20-084: Robot for Power Line Vibration Control - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-083: Extensible Continuum Manipulator - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-082: Novel Underwater Propulsion Mechanism - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-054: Smart Exoskeleton Glove - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 20-049: Robotic High Throughput Rheology Platform - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 18-036: BOLT, a Robotic Leg Inspired by Biology - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 16-125: Robotic Tail Used to Improve the Performance of Mobile Robots - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-138: Large Animal Dystocia Simulator - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-126: Canine Otoscopy Training Model - Exclusive Rights Available
- VTIP 21-002: Horse Distal Limb Ultrasound Simulator - Exclusive Rights Available

VTIP is governed by a Board of Directors as required in our bylaws. The Board of Directors includes ex-officio members, as well as elected members from Virginia Tech and externally. We are grateful to the Board for their leadership and service to VTIP.

Brandy Salmon
President of Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties
Associate Vice President for Innovation and Partnerships
Virginia Tech Holtzman Alumni Center
901 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-9425
brandy.salmon@vt.edu
VTIP Board Members
VTIP Board Members Ex-Officio
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Disclosure Submission and Licensing
Grant Brewer
Executive Director, LICENSE
grantb76@vt.edu
IP Administration Matters
Katherine Nicewander
Intellectual Property Specialist
vtippatents@vtip.org
VTIP Business, Finance and Royalty Administration
Lisa Akers
Controller and Director of Business Affairs, VTIP
akersl@vtip.org
Proof of Concept Grant Program
Mark Mondry
Associate Director, LAUNCH
mmondry@vt.edu