Available for Licensing
Diverse technologies with worldwide impact
Argonne grants licenses for lab-developed intellectual property to existing and start-up companies that are technically and financially capable of turning early-stage technology into commercial products. We are committed to negotiating fair and reasonable license agreements that are beneficial to both parties. We work with our licensees to make these technologies a success in the commercial world.
Technologies Available for Licensing
Bioscience
Argonne’s life sciences research has yielded a portfolio of advanced technologies that are having a profound impact on medical technologies and therapies, energy production and sustainability, and bioremediation.
Energy Storage
Argonne is a global leader in advanced energy storage technologies with a portfolio of more than 125 patented advanced cathode, anode, electrolyte and additive components for lithium-ion, lithium-air, lithium-sulfur, sodium-ion, and flow batteries.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Argonne’s fuel cell research extends from nanometer scale to components and systems and is focused on performance, durability and cost.
Imaging
Leveraging advanced imaging tools, Argonne researchers probe complex materials and processes, including those underpinning energy technologies and advanced manufacturing.
Information and Computer Systems
Argonne’s innovations are focused on solving the most challenging scientific/technical problems through high-performance computing, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and advanced modeling and simulation.
Instrumentation and Devices
Argonne regularly invents sensors, detectors and other technologies for gaining valuable insights about the world around us.
Manufacturing
Argonne’s scientists create next-generation catalysts, processes, coatings and technologies that advance industrial development and output without compromising energy use and the environment.
Materials
Argonne’s innovations in high-tech materials are key to breakthroughs in biology, the environment, nuclear energy, transportation and national security.
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Argonne advances the design and operation of nuclear energy systems and applies nuclear energy expertise to current and emerging programs of national and international significance.
Security and Infrastructure
Teams at Argonne are developing scientific and technical national security solutions to address complex problems that threaten safety and stability throughout the world.
Software
Argonne has created a wealth of powerful software and models with broad-ranging applications, such as simulation and modeling, computation, Internet usage, and more.
Transportation
Argonne’s transportation research efforts bring together scientists and engineers from many disciplines to find cost-effective solutions to critical issues like foreign-oil dependency and greenhouse gas emissions.