Technologies to license

Labs and universities offer these technologies for licensing or joint development. Each entry links to the official offer and shows when it was checked.

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

5 technologies

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

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

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

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