The University of Manchester Intellectual Property is a division of The University of Manchester Iᶟ Ltd
www.umi3.com 
which is The University of Manchester's agent for intellectual property commercialisation.
UMIP's role is to bring as much of the University's ground-breaking inventions and software, as is relevant, into the commercial world. This we do principally by attracting entrepreneurs, investors and corporate venture partners to our campus and Innovation Centre
www.umic.co.uk 
and then, through engagement with our academic colleagues, licensing or spinning out companies.