USDA offers private sector businesses, state and local governments, and universities the opportunity to license federally-owned inventions. The partnerships USDA creates are designed to augment research programs, expedite research results to the private sector, exchange information and knowledge, stimulate new business and economic development, enhance trade, preserve the environment, and improve the quality of life for all Americans.
These success stories detail USDA licensing and patent partnerships. Many products have been developed as a result of USDA's research such as Cortisone, Penicillin, Xanthan gum, and flexible vinyl.
