ICIQ supports the creation of spin-off companies to commercialize the results of its research efforts having a high commercial prospect by guiding the researcher-entrepreneurs in setting up their business and developing the value proposition.
ICIQ researchers have been involved in the creation of the following spin-off companies:
ORCHESTRA SCIENTIFIC SL
Founded in 2017
Products: Gas separation membranes for biogas upgrading.
Research group: J.R. Galán-Mascarós
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Licensed Patents
| Metal Organic framework for use in carbon capture and separation processes | |
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Research Group: J.R. Galán-Mascarós
Licensed IP: WO2017EP76816 Technology Brief: Organometallic porous material for chiral separation and gas separation (carbon capture, biogas upgrading) Licensee: Orchestra Scientific SL Status: pilot plant (ongoing) |
| Potentiometric sensor for creatinine: renal health monitoring | |
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Research Group: P. Ballester
Licensed IP: WO2015EP67241 Technology Brief: molecular receptor selective for creatinine incorporated in a potentiometric sensor for remote monitoring of renal disorders Licensee: CreatSens Health SL Status: clinical trials (ongoing) |
| Nickel (0) catalysts | |
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Research Group: Prof. John Montgomery (U. Michigan) in collaboration with Prof. M. Pericàs
Licensed IP: US15/763,468 Technology Brief: shelf-stable nickel (0) species complexed to a N-heterocyclic carbene ligand for nickel(0) catalyzed transformations Licensee: University of Michigan Status: compound commercialized |
| Scaling up CO2 to methanol conversion to fight climate change | |
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Research Group: A. Urakawa
Licensed IP: WO2013171239 Technology Brief: Process for the one-pass conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol by high-pressure catalytic hydrogenation Licensee: InnoxNova (web page of project) Status: pilot plant (ongoing) |
| Photoreactor for high-throughput experimentation | |
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Research Group: J. Lloret-Fillol
Licensed IP: PCT/EP2018/064177 Technology Brief: Parallel photoreactor for high throughput experimentation Licensee: Treellum Technologies SL |