Former EPA Administrator Steve Johnson steps out of a UPS truck that is powered by EPA’s patented hydraulic hybrid technology.

EPA negotiates licenses with qualified businesses and individuals that want to commercialize inventions resulting from EPA research. Interested parties can apply for a license by completing EPA's license application and submitting it to the Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA) staff.

• EPA's license application form (DOC)(3 pp, 57 K)  Learn more about Microsoft (MS) Word files (.doc)
• FTTA staff contacts

Licensing Involves:

• Royalty payments to EPA
• Submission of annual sales reports
• Up-front payment

EPA retains incoming royalties associated with licenses.  The royalties are shared among the EPA laboratory or office where the invention originated and the individual inventor(s).

Patented EPA Technologies Available for Licensing

• Air Quality
• Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Substances
• Pollution Prevention
• Vehicles and Fuel Emissions
• Waste
• Water Monitoring and Remediation
• Miscellaneous Areas of Environmental Expertise and Invention

EPA’s Patent Catalog: From Bench to Backyard: View more detailed information on a handful of highlighted patents.

Putting EPA science to work for you!: View a map showing where EPA’s patented technologies are licensed.