The Refinery, a building on the UA Tech Park campus.
University of Arizona researchers are developing more inventions than ever before.
Tech Launch Arizona reports the UA community generated 324 invention disclosures in fiscal year 2025, surpassing the record of 307 set in 2024. Tech Launch marketing manager Paul Tumarkin notes getting an invention patented and licensed is only the beginning.
"That's where our role becomes smaller but it’s the starting point for the technology to go out into the world and make its impact, he said."
Tech Launch Arizona researches the patent and market landscape for each idea, sends them to potential licensees, and then helps launch startups to eventually bring them into the world.
Associate V. P. Dave Hockstad explains each invention must meet certain standards to move to the next step.
"Is it unique? Is it valuable? Do we move forward on protecting it and marketing it?"
Tumarkin adds the biggest challenge is finding a company or startup that is the right fit for the concept.
"It's really that process of finding that one licensee, that one company, that one entrepreneur that wants to build a company around it," he said.
The organization reports UA-linked inventions generated more than 12 million dollars in royalties and other income in fiscal 2025.
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