Patents and Pizza

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Patents and Pizza
Intellectual Property Seminar 26 February
2004 Office of Technology Transfer and Office of
Patent Counsel
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Agenda
1100 Welcome 1105 AUTM Statistics 1110 Elect
ronic Notebook 1115 Patent Awards 1125 Panel
Discussion QA to Follow 1200 Lunch
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Innovation Output Comparison APL/AUTM Invention
Comparison
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Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Technology
Licenses
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Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Patent
Applications
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Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Issued
Patents
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APL AUTM Statistics
Performance Metric 2003 4-Yr Total

• Inventions 124 518
• Licenses 35 81
• Total US Patent Applications 216 664
• Issued US Patents 22 58
• Start-up Companies 3 10
• License Income (Millions Received) 2.2 7.4
• Associated RD (Millions Committed) 0.8 6.9

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2003 Performance Metrics Update¹

• Performance Metric AUTM Survey2
• Inventions 25th
• Licenses 29th
• Total US Patent Applications 7th
• Issued US Patents 38th
• Start-up Companies 36th
• License Income 49th
• Associated RD Income 50th

1 Strategic Plan Phase IIa Goal - Top 50 in all
metrics achieved 2 Where APL would Rank out of
142 Research Universities in the US (94 of top
100)
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Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
APL Pilot Project Collaboration between Office of
Technology Transfer Research Technology
Development Center The R.E. Gibson Library and
Information Center
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Problem Statement

• A traditional paper notebook has several
  disadvantages
• Too often the notebook is not maintained, or is
  maintained improperly for legal purposes.
• Computer-based data must be printed out and
  attached to the notebook in paper format.
• Data in the notebook is not easily indexed or
  searched.
• Work in the Laboratory is duplicated and
  collaborative opportunities are lost.
• Is an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) a
  viable tool to address any or all of these issues?

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Electronic Laboratory Notebook Pilot
Project Introductory Meeting and
Demonstration March 11, 2004 10 a.m. 11
a.m. Room 5-154 Contact J. Theodori _at_x84811
for more information
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Patent Awards
Patents and PizzaFebruary 26, 2004
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Damped Paddle Wheel for Plasma Chamber Shock Tube
U.S. Patent No. 6,637,255
Leo R. Gauthier, Jr. Angela L. Wesner-Barrios Davi
d M. VanWie
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Low-Pressure Valve
U.S. Patent No. 6,647,983
Dexter G. Smith Michael G. Boyle Protagoras N.
Cutchis William R. Allmon
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Method and Apparatus for Non-Coherent Navigation
Using Low Frame Rate Telemetry
U.S. Patent No. 6,650,279
James R. Jensen Matthew J. Reinhart Karl B.
Fielhauer John E. Penn
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Alertness Monitoring System
U.S. Patent No. 6,661,345
Matthew G. Bevan Henry A. Kues Carl V.
Nelson Paul R. Schuster
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Optical Method for Quantum Computing
U.S. Patent No. 6,678,450
James D. Franson
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Techniques for Distributed Machinery Monitoring
U.S. Patent No. 6,687,654
George A. Smith, Jr. George S. Peacock George L.
Vojtech, Jr.