paths for discoveries to make a difference
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Intellectual Property at Georgia Tech:
Paths for Discoveries to Make a Difference
© 2018 Georgia Tech Research Corporation // Updated: February 27, 2018 // Manager: Andy Howard, APR
The payoff for federal investment in academic research is new products, goods and services; economic development; competitiveness; and national security.
Infographic Source: https://www.aau.edu/how-tech-transfer-transforms-society
1. Universities should reserve the right to practice inventions in research and education.
2. Exclusive licenses should be structured to encourage technology development and use.
3. Abjure licensing “future improvements.”
4. Anticipate and manage conflicts of interest.
5. Ensure broad access to research tools.
6. Carefully consider enforcement actions.
7. Be mindful of export regulations.
8. Exercise caution in working with patent aggregators
9. Ensure that intellectual property is available and employed to address unmet needs in neglected populations, geographic, and technical areas
• Give particular attention diagnostics, therapeutics.
• Give particular attention agriculture and related technologies.
• Recognize the intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples.
Nine Points to Considerin Licensing University Research Inventions
• Publications, reports, theses, and dissertations
• Students• Industry research• Continuing education and
professional development• Consulting, service on
government panels• Licensing
– Start-up companies– Existing industry
How is Technology Transferred at Georgia Tech?
What is GTRC? What is GTARC?Universities sometimes have supporting organizations to perform that which the institution cannot easily, due to organizational constraints, or conveniently do for itself.
– These are generally non-profit organization established under Internal Revenue Code as a 501(c)3 organizations.
– They may be supporting organizations which are public charities organized to perform one or more functions of a publicly supported organization such as a hospital, school, college, or university.
– They are separate legal entities from their supported organizations.– They are one of three types depending on their structure and relationship with the
supported organization.
Founded April 13, 1937 as
The Industrial Development CouncilFuller E. Callaway, Jr.; Preston S. Arkwright; Monie E. Ferst
Purpose “…to stimulate industrial development, to promote the fullest utilization of natural resources, and to foster research invention and discovery so as to provide a constantly improving technique in that behalf.”
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The Georgia Tech Research Corporation serves as the Contracting and Technology Transfer entity for Georgia Tech.
Georgia Institute of TechnologyAcademic Colleges
Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Tech Research Institute
Contracting Entity:Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC)Technology Transfer Entity
Contracting Entity:Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation (GTARC)
What is GTRC? What is GTARC?Georgia Tech has two business units and has two affiliated contracting entities.
Trudy M. RileyExecutive Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
Kevin WozniakExecutive DirectorOffice of Industry
Engagement
Barbara AlexanderController
GTRC & GTARC
Nick PerezOperations &
IT SecurityGTRC & GTARC
• Industry Contracting• Technology Licensing• Enterprise Agreements• Exchange Agreements
• Grants• Contracts• E-Commerce• Education &
Outreach• Closeout
Office of Research Integrity Assurance
• GTARC & GTRC Accounting
• Accounts Payable• Accounts Receivable
Jilda Diehl GartonVice President for Research and General Manager for Georgia Tech’s Research
Corporations
Araceli HernandezExecutive Assistant
Andy HowardMarketing Communications
Manager
Rex WelchAssistant Director for Human
Resources
Jeff SteltzerDirector
Conflict of Interest Management
Kelly WinnDirector
Human Research Protection Program /
Regulatory Affairs
Mary BeranDirector
IACUC / IBC / Export Control
A Little about Research at Georgia Tech
©GTRC 2017
New Knowledge• Public benefit• Publications• Institutional
Reputation
Researcher Incentive• Financial
–Personal–Research
• Recognition• Doing good
Industry Funding• Graduate• Student Support• Avenue to Commercialize
Inventions• Collaborations• Research Relevance
Economic Development• Start-ups• Corporate
Recruiting• Problem Solving &
Industry Innovation
Technology TransferValue
The Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) is dedicated to teaching, research, and the extension of knowledge to the public. Its personnel recognize as two of their major objectives, the production of new knowledge and the dissemination of both old and new knowledge. Inherent in these objectives is the need to encourage the development of new and useful devices and processes, the publication of scholarly works and educational materials, the development of computer Software, and other forms of Intellectual Property.
Georgia Tech Intellectual Property Policyhttp://www.facultyhandbook.gatech.edu/faculty-handbook/5.4-intellectual-property-policy
All full or part-time faculty and staff shall, as a condition of employment with the Institute, execute an agreement, assigning all rights, title, and interest, to the extent prescribed in this policy, in any Intellectual Property to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Students shall not be required to execute an agreement except as set forth in this policy under section 5.4.4.B. This policy shall, however, be applicable to them as provided in the General Catalog and Student Handbook.
Georgia Tech Intellectual Property Policy
Students shall be required to execute an agreement only:
1. When working on a research project funded by an entity other than GIT, the Georgia Tech Foundation, or the Board of Regents;
2. When employed by GIT; or3. When required by the Office of the Provost. Such requirement may be
recommended by a faculty member who has students working in faculty-directed research.
Georgia Tech Intellectual Property Policy
Office of Industry Engagement
Office of Industry Engagement
Technology licensing
Licensing Associates
Terry BrayDirector
Technology Licensing
• Invention Disclosures• Technology Evaluation• Patent Affairs• Licensing
Kenneth Franklin Kate Havey Leslie Long
Business Professional
Tiffany RossAccount
Manager
Sarah Wilkening
Technology Marketing
René MeadorsMarketingAssociate
Ashton HarrisonMarketingSpecialist
Office of Technology Licensing
Mark CoburnSr. Assoc. Director
Technology Licensing
Technology licensing
4 Start-up companies
based on GTRC licenses
76 patents issued
Technology licensingMetrics: How does GT stack up?
Technology licensingMetrics: How does GT stack up?
TAKE OUR TECHNOLOGIES
TO MARKETVIEW AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES:
HTTP://TECHNOLOGIES.GTRC.GATECH.EDU
Behind every successful launch there is a team at mission control!
Technology licensingEnterprise Innovation Institute
Chris DowningVice President and Director, Enterprise Innovation Institute
Keith McGreggorDirector
Melissa HeffnerProgram Manager
Miriam HuppertEducational
Outreach Coordinator
PrincipalsColin Ake
Roberto CasasPaul Freet
Jeff GarbersJon Goldman
Harold Solomon
Technology licensing
Resources
• Office of Industry Engagement (industry.gatech.edu)• Staff Directory (http://industry.gatech.edu/about/staff/) • GTRC/GTARC (gtrc.gatech.edu –or- gtarc.gatech.edu)• VentureLab (venturelab.gatech.edu)• ATDC: Technology Business Incubator (www.atdc.org)• Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) (www.devices.net)
Useful Resources
Office of VPR Jilda Garton
Georgia Tech Research Corporations
Office of Sponsored Programs
Office of Research Integrity Assurance
Office of Conflict of Interest Management
Office of Industry Engagement
Research Administration Building
Jilda Diehl GartonVice President for Research and General ManagerGeorgia Tech Research [email protected]
Continue for 7 examples of Georgia Tech’s Tech Transfer:
FalcolnViewFalconView is a mapping system created by the Georgia Tech Research Institute. It displays various types of maps and geographically referenced overlays. Many types of maps are supported, but the primary ones of interest to most users are aeronautical charts, satellite images and elevation maps.
FalconView also supports a large number of overlay types that can be displayed over any map background. The current overlay set is targeted toward military mission planning users and is oriented towards aviators and aviation support personnel.
FalconView is an integral part of the Portable Flight Planning Software (PFPS).
FalcolnView
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FalconView
CardioMEMSWhen cardiologist Jay Yadav teamed up with Georgia Tech professor Mark Allen to explore the new area of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in 2001, they hadn’t envisioned results that would lead the way in medicine.
But after years of testing and refinement, the tiny device developed by startup CardioMEMS is the first-ever heart failure sensor to continuously monitor a patient’s condition – and wirelessly route the information to doctors.
The CardioMEMS monitor, dubbed “Champion,” received FDA approval for the monitor in May 2014. Just two months later, the company founded by Allen and Yadav was acquired by St. Jude Medical, Inc. for $435 million.
CardioMEMS
InnovoltGeorgia Tech research by Deepak Divan – co-founder and chief innovation officer of Innovolt, Inc, discovered that traditional surge protectors only protect consumers from only one percent of the damage-causing voltage spikes. The other 99 percent of damage-causing events relate to voltage sags, the very small fluctuations that occur over the grid all the time.
Innovolt’s patented device, a current-inrush voltage surge suppressor (CVSS), was invented by Divan. This “next generation” surge protection technology combines current-in-rush suppression in addition to the traditional TVSS found in existing surge protectors. Whereas TVSS devices protect against voltage surges, CVSS devices additionally protect against over-voltage and current surges, as well as allowing for micro-processor enabled diagnostics.
Innovolt’s addressable market is comprised of residential, commercial, industrial, manufacturing and utility customers.
Innovolt
Carbice Corp.
Pindrop
Technology licensingFY17 Start Ups Formed Around GT IP
Technology licensingFY17 Start Ups Formed Around GT IP