Since XY Inc.'s inception in 1996, hundreds of institutes and organizations have made contact with XY to explore potential research collaborations. XY Inc. is open-minded to entering into focused research collaborations on a global basis--provided such collaborators can satisfy key XY Inc. criteria that:

1) such collaborations clearly support and advance XY's drive towards commercialization and

2) resulting work complies with XY's requirements in relation to standards, confidentiality, ownership of outputs, funding, etc.