About

About the Office

The Office for Applied Oceanography, or OAO, covers intellectual property protection and technology transfer activities at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The office supports scientists, engineers, research staff, and students in the translation of their ideas into useful products and services. The office is supported by WHOI’s external legal counsel, Goodwin Procter LLC.

The office provides the following services:

Patent filing
Licensing
Legal support
Forms and agreements
WHOI start up company support and venture capital funding
Import/export issues related to technology transfer
Identify and coordinate funding sources for WHOI PIs (e.g., SBIR)

To find out more, please contact the Office for Applied Oceanography:

Dan Stuermer, Ph.D., OAO Director
49 School Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543
dstuermer@whoi.edu
(508) 289-3556

Mission

WHOI's technology transfer mission is to enable the entrepreneurial spirit of the WHOI Scientific and Technical staff by encouraging effective technology transfer for the public benefit as well as generating income to benefit research and education at WHOI.

Team

Dan Stuermer, Ph.D.: OAO Director
Wallace Stark, J.D.: WHOI Internal Legal Counsel
Janet Uttaro: Project Manager and Administrative Associate II