Gregory Flickinger

Greg Flickinger is a Senior Commercialization Manager in the Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development (TTED) at the United States Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which is operated and managed by UT-Battelle, LLC.  He is responsible for intellectual property portfolio management and commercialization of a broad range of ORNL physical science technologies including those pertaining to the materials and chemical sciences. 

Prior to joining the ORNL TTED Directorate, Greg held several intellectual property development and management roles in industry, including positions with BTG International, MARKEM Corporation, and Expanse Networks. In these positions, Greg was involved in activities ranging from product design and development, strategic patent portfolio creation, and IP commercialization through licensing and new venture formation.  He also worked as an Operations Astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, and was a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  He is a registered U.S. patent agent.

Greg earned his B.S. in physics and mathematics from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  His professional affiliations include the American Physical Society, Licensing Executives Society, and American Intellectual Property Law Association.