Jeff Carpenter, Ph.D.

Jeff helps innovators be more competitive by understanding the players in their markets and using this knowledge to optimize their R&D, patenting, partnering, and exit strategies. He shows them ways to maximize the value of their IP investments and how to use patent landscape analysis to gain essential competitive intelligence. Finally, he works with technology developers, acquirers, and investors to understand their partnering and investment goals, and find them ideal matches.

Jeff has over 15 years of experience in technology commercialization. Jeff was director of product development for a clean tech start-up in the mid 90’s, also supporting manufacturing, patenting, marketing, and sales. He licensed University of Minnesota inventions during nearly 10 years in the UM tech transfer office, where he evaluated licensing prospects for well over 100 inventions across many technology areas, then directed patenting and negotiated licenses for the most promising. His expertise includes market and competitor analysis, strategic patenting, patent landscape analysis, partner identification and vetting, patent valuation, and license negotiation.

Over the past decade, Jeff has performed technology scouting for an international medical device company, served as reviewer on NSF SBIR commercialization plan panels, assisted applicants in preparing SBIR commercialization plans, and performed opportunity assessment of emerging technologies from the private sector.

Based in St. Paul, MN, Dr. Carpenter holds a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology, supporting programs in Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota; a Masters of Science degree in Forestry, from the University of Montana; a Bachelors of Science degree in Forestry/Range Resource Management from the University of Montana. After receiving his doctorate, Jeff worked for 15 months as a Congressional Science Fellow in the U.S. Senate.

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