3M Technology Transfer

Sharing Ingenuity

Dedicated to helping inventors find the 3M technologies they need to solve research and development challenges.

A Wealth of Information

For more than 100 years 3M has been creating innovative new products that make peoples' lives better and easier. These products are supported by a foundation of world-class technologies. The portfolio of 3M technologies is extremely broad and may contain a technology that will meet your needs.

Recognising there are many applications for 3M technologies that have remained untapped, we are offering some of these unique technologies for license, so you can also benefit from these valuable assets. 3M has created a department to work with inventors to help facilitate the sale, license, or donation of intellectual assets.

Our Strategic Intellectual Asset Management business was formed to match 3M technology with the needs of researchers as 3M has over 20,000 patents, covering 30 plus technology platforms in a wide variety of industries. The Strategic Intellectual Asset Management group includes technical and business experts that will make it easy to find the right technology and negotiate agreements.

For more information, please visit our Worldwide Technology Transfer website (US, English).