About Intellectual Resource Management (IRM) Technology Transfer Office (TTO)
IRM-TTO Mission
The mission of Intellectual Resource Management (IRM) Technology Transfer Office (TTO) is to manage Creighton University's intellectual assets and resources to benefit the University, its faculty, staff, and students, and the community by offering new discoveries and inventions to individuals who can potentially benefit from them.
What We Do
The primary focus of IRM-TTO is to protect Creighton University's academic discoveries and intellectual property, and to promote their transfer into the marketplace. IRM also strives to build strong, collaborative relationships with the business community, in order to strengthen Creighton University and to promote economic growth and development in our region and elsewhere in the world.
When we receive invention disclosures from faculty, staff and students we assess their commercial viability. If applicable, we license them to the business community. Royalties collected by IRM-TTO help fund the departments and schools from which the academic discoveries originated, and a certain percentage, based on CU IP Policy, goes to the inventors. In addition to licensing activities, we facilitate the formation of startups based on university technologies.
We continue to build relationships with the business community largely through our licensing agreements and intellectual property management programs for businesses.
Who We Are
Intellectual Resource Management (IRM)
Technology Transfer Office (TTO)
Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Campion House, Suite 3
Omaha, Nebraska 68178
Desarae Mueller-Fichepain
Director
Phone: 402-280-3653
Fax: 402-280-3223
E-mail: dfichepain@creighton.edu
Darlene Golden
Operations Specialist
Phone: 402-280-3651
Fax: 402-280-3223
E-mail: dgolden@creighton.edu
IRM TTO Projects
Some of the exciting projects IRM is currently working on include:
- A novel variant of a human estrogen receptor that shows promise in the treatment of breast cancer
- A genetic mutation that causes high bone mass
- Several discoveries that would aid in the identification of drug-resistant bacteria
- A method to restore hearing in many who have suffered hearing loss
- Endoscopic surgery tools that will greatly expand the uses for incisionless surgery