Technologies to license

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All sectors 15 Agriculture & livestock 1 Health 4 Logistics 1 Industry 5 Energy 8 Water 3 Construction 2 Mobility 1 Defense & security 1 Environment & climate 1 Materials 5 Telecom 1

15 technologies

Health

AlternoPark: portable inertial device measuring alternating movements (Parkinson's disease)

Portable inertial device that quantifies alternating movements to monitor motor disorders.

Owner: Erganeo partner laboratory (not named here)
Offered by: Erganeo (Île-de-France tech transfer office)
Maturity: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: Patent application EP4014840
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 22 May 2024

WaterEnvironment & climateIndustry

In-situ electrochemical regeneration of activated carbon

Process to regenerate activated carbon used in water treatment without removing it from the filter.

Owner: Erganeo partner laboratory (not named here)
Offered by: Erganeo (Île-de-France tech transfer office)
Maturity: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: Patents FR1852190A, EP19709917.9A, US20210053027A1 and EP22154591.6A
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 2 February 2026

EnergyWaterIndustry

Flexer: flexible polymer heat exchanger for wastewater and rivers

Flexible exchanger installed in wastewater pipes or rivers to recover their heat.

Owner: Erganeo partner laboratory (not named here)
Offered by: Erganeo (Île-de-France tech transfer office)
Maturity: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: French patent FR1858012 (2018) and PCT application PCT/FR2019/051851 (2019)
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 29 January 2026

ConstructionEnergyMaterials

Zn-based energy-saving smart windows

Electrochromic glazing that also works as a battery, using reversible zinc deposition.

Owner: Erganeo partner laboratory (not named here)
Offered by: Erganeo (Île-de-France tech transfer office)
Maturity: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: Patent (reference not published on the offer)
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 15 January 2026

EnergyMaterials

Rapid screening method for cathode materials (TO-222)

Method to test new cathode materials quickly, including for sodium-ion batteries.

Owner: Forschungszentrum Jülich (IMD-2)
Offered by: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Maturity: TRL 3 to 4
Intellectual property: Patent application EP25189537.1
Type of deal: Licence or joint development project
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on September 2025

EnergyConstructionMaterials

Multi-junction solar cell diagnostics (TO-211)

Measurement method to characterise each sub-cell of a multi-junction solar cell, such as perovskite-silicon tandems.

Owner: Forschungszentrum Jülich (IMD-3, photovoltaics)
Offered by: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Maturity: TRL 3 to 4
Intellectual property: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Type of deal: Exclusive or non-exclusive licence; pilot projects on production lines
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on June 2025

HealthIndustry

Real-time measurement of crystal size and 3D shape

Automated measurement of crystal size and 3D shape during crystallization, to control and predict the process.

Owner: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (Magdeburg)
Offered by: Max Planck Innovation
Maturity: Measurement system developed at the institute; TRL not published – To be checked
Intellectual property: Application DE102019132218A1 (2019) and WO2021105318A1
Region: Europe
Reference: 1402-5690-LC

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 22 July 2022

EnergyMaterials

Lock-in thermography evaluation software for solar cells (Local I-V 2)

Software that analyses thermography images to locate losses in a solar cell.

Owner: Max Planck Society
Offered by: Max Planck Innovation
Maturity: Software available
Intellectual property: Software licence (€800 stated on the offer)
Region: Europe
Reference: 1401-4359-WT

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 12 December 2019

Health

Novel 96-well protein crystallization screens

Screening kits to find protein crystallization conditions faster.

Owner: Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
Offered by: Max Planck Innovation
Maturity: Kits tested, results published (Demmer et al., 2023)
Intellectual property: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Region: Europe
Reference: 0601-6723-MG / 0601-6724-MG

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 10 July 2024

EnergyMaterials

Solar battery: a material that captures and stores solar energy

Material (NCN-PHI) able to absorb light and store energy, for sustainable high-performance storage.

Owner: Max Planck Society
Offered by: Max Planck Innovation
Maturity: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: PCT application WO2020143912A1, active in Europe, Japan and the US
Region: Europe
Reference: 0104-5740-BC

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026 · Published on 8 August 2025

Defense & securityMobilityLogistics

Optical NV-diamond vector magnetometer

Optical magnetic sensor measuring field direction and strength, with navigation applications.

Owner: University of Siegen
Offered by: PROvendis
Maturity: TRL 3 (experimental proof of concept), first lab samples
Intellectual property: Application filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
Type of deal: Licence and co-development
Region: Europe
Reference: 6350

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026

EnergyIndustry

SandTES: high-temperature sand thermal storage (100 to 800 °C)

Heat storage in moving sand, to supply industrial heat or steam.

Owner: TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)
Offered by: TU Wien
Maturity: Cold model tested; 200 kW prototype announced as under construction on an old offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: European patent granted, other patents pending
Type of deal: Licence or development partnership
Region: Europe
Reference: M033/10

Related file: Industrial heat stored in sand

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026

WaterAgriculture & livestock

Sorption-based MOF atmospheric water harvesting

Device that captures water from the air using a MOF, even in hyper-arid climates, and releases it with little energy.

Owner: University of California, Berkeley
Offered by: University of California (technology transfer)
Maturity: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: US patents 10,683,644 and 10,640,954 granted
Region: United States (outside Europe)
Reference: 30264

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026

Health

Wireless neural interface between motor cortex and muscles

Wireless interface connecting the patient's motor cortex to their own muscles, to treat motor disabilities after a spinal cord injury.

Owner: University of Bologna
Offered by: University of Bologna
Maturity: Not stated on the offer – To be checked
Intellectual property: International PCT application filed on 12 July 2023
Type of deal: Development agreement, option or licence
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026

EnergyIndustryTelecom

Fluid compression using low-temperature waste heat (60 to 120 °C)

Equipment that compresses fluids using waste heat, for example from data centers.

Owner: University of Luxembourg
Offered by: Innoget (marketplace)
Maturity: TRL 3
Intellectual property: Patent application filed
Type of deal: Licence or joint development
Region: Europe

See the official offer · Checked on 24 October 2026

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