Isis Innovation Limited is wholly owned by the University of Oxford. The company mission is to be the leading international technology transfer organisation, to transfer technology and expertise from the University of Oxford, to deliver value to all our clients, and to maximise social and economic benefits in a commercial manner. 

 

Mission

Our mission is to be the leading international technology transfer organisation, to transfer technology and expertise from the University of Oxford, to deliver value to all our clients, and to maximise social and economic benefits in a commercial manner.

The company has three main business activities: 
1. Isis helps Oxford University researchers to commercialise intellectual property arising from their research: patenting, licensing, spin-out companies. 

2. Isis manages Oxford University Consulting which helps Oxford University researchers to identify and manage consulting opportunities and helps clients access experts from Oxford's world-class, interdisciplinary research base. 

3. Isis Enterprise provides consulting expertise and advice in technology transfer and innovation management to clients across the public and private sectors around the world.

 

Isis manages the University’s intellectual property portfolio, working with University researchers on identifying, protecting and marketing technologies through licensing, spin-out company formation, consulting and material sales. Isis funds patent applications and legal costs, negotiates exploitation and spin-out company agreements, and identifies and manages consultancy opportunities.

 

Isis works on projects from all areas of the University’s research activities: life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and humanities.  Isis provides access to Oxford’s expertise and provides researchers with advice on commercialisation.