Patents at a Picnic

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Patents at a Picnic Intellectual Property
Seminar 10 June 2003 Office of Technology
Transfer and Office of Patent Counsel
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Agenda
1100 Welcome Remarks Norma Lee
Todd 1105 In-Reach Team Survey Results Norma
Lee Todd 1110 Presentation of Awards Frank
Cooch Wayne Swann 1120 Panel
Discussion Jeff Hanson NSTD Dave Blodgett
ADSD Tim Frey SSD 1200 Lunch
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2002 In-Reach Survey

• 21 staff members participated
• They ranked the 16 benefits of technology
  transfer in order of importance
• 5 Chosen as most important results of
  technology Transfer

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Top 5 Selections

• Technology Transfer enables unrestricted funds
  for future scientific research and development
• Technology Transfer enhances JHU/APLs image as
  creative and innovative
• Licensing Income
• Technology Transfer benefits proposal award and
  future funding for programs
• Income awards the technical staff

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Patent AwardsU.S. Patents Issued to JHU/APL
Inventors Patents at a Picnic June 10, 2003
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Video Opto-Diagnostic Instrument
With Single-Adjustment Focus
U.S. Patent No. 6,511,420
Richard A. Farrell Lorenz J. Happel, Jr. Russell
L. McCally
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Device and Method for Rapid Chest Tube Insertion
U.S. Patent No. 6,517,519
Ron S. Rosen John C. Murphy Christopher Graham
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Scatter Controlled Emission for Optical Taggants
and Chemical Sensors
U.S. Patent No. 6,528,318
Joseph A. Miragliotta Richard C. Benson Robert
Osiander
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Focused X-ray Scatter Reduction Grid
U.S. Patent No. 6,529,582
Howard S. Feldmesser Paul R. Falk Thomas J.
Beck Harry K. Charles, Jr.
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Global Positioning System Roadside Integrated
Precision Positioning System
U.S. Patent No. 6,560,535
Larry J. Levy Thomas Thompson David S.
Hohman Thomas M. Murdock Edwin E.
Westerfield Thomas M. Hattox Thomas L. Kusterer
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Telescoping Spar Platform And Method of Using Same
U.S. Patent No. 6,564,741
Carl V. Nelson
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Panel Discussion

• Speakers
• Jeff Hanson
• NSTD
• David Blodgett
• ADSD
• Tim Frey
• SSD

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APL-WAVESTechnology Transfer Experience
June 9, 2003 Office of Technology Transfer Panel
Discussion
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Ocean Surface Wave Analysis Tools
Coastal and offshore wave monitoring Wave impact
studies Wave process investigations Wave model
diagnostics and validation Offshore design
criteria Wave database development
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APL-WAVES Tech Transfer Timeline
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WITS Used To Track Wave Systems in US Navy
Testing
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APL-WAVES Tech Transfer Timeline
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Integrated Wave System AnalysisFor Offshore
Design Criteria
Wave Partitioning
Windsea Identification
Swell Identification
Wave System Statistics
Wave System Tracking
Storm Source Estimation
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APL-WAVES Tech Transfer Timeline
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WITS Used To Track Wave Systems in US Navy
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Shell Accelerated Development License
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Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health Objective

• Dental health care and research workers require a
  means of imaging the internal structure of teeth
  in vivo
• detection of poor bonding or voids between
  restorative material and dentin
• detection of tooth decay in the early stage
• visualization of periodontal defects
• Conventional x-ray techniques have difficulty
  detecting cracks and visualizing interfaces
  between two hard media (due to silhouette image)

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Office of Technology Transfer Panel
Discussion Concrete Structure Characterization an
d Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health D.W.
Blodgett Air Defense Systems Department Electro-Op
tics Group (A1F) Co-Inventors Kevin C. Baldwin
(A1F) Donald D. Duncan (A1F) George Vojtech
(ST1) June 10, 2003
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Concrete Structure Characterization Objective
Develop non-destructive, portable sensing
capabilities for reinforced concrete structures
such as bridge pilings, bridge decks, support
walls, docks, piers, etc The final goal being to
determine overall structural integrity and the
presence (level) of re-bar delamination.
Delamination may be caused by corrosion or any
natural or man-made processes.
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Operational Theory

• Generation
• Acoustic speaker excites resonant modes in
  embedded re-bar
• re-bar acts as buried source in concrete and
  re-radiates acoustic energy
• as speaker drive frequency approaches re-bar
  resonance, re-bar vibration amplitude increases
  and vibrations are carried to the surface of the
  concrete
• Detection
• Accelerometer/ laser vibrometer provides
  broadband detection of re-bar vibrations on
  concrete surface
• lock-in detection of vibrometer signal provides
  very high SNR
• requires no special surface preparation of
  concrete
• Location and amplitude of detected vibrations
  related to degree of disbond (corrosion) of re-bar

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Concrete Structure Characterization Timeline

• Funding Milestones
• Originally funded under JHU/APL Transportation
  IRD Program in 2000
• Additional funding received under OTT Prototype
  Development Fund in 2001
• Applied for but did not receive funding from
  Federal Highway Administration IDEA Program in
  2002
• Miscellaneous Milestones
• Invention disclosure submitted in 2000
• Patent application filed in 2002
• Finalist for OTT Invention of the Year in 2001
• Presented work at the Johns Hopkins University
  Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE)
  Annual Meeting in 2002
• Presented work at SPIE Smart Structures/NDE
  Conference in 2003
• Licensed signed by the BiTH Group in 2003
• Technology assessment performed by John Fraser
  (OTT consultant) in 2003

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Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health Dentin-Ename
l Junction Characterization
Wave propagation direction
Cu Section
Al Section
Comparison of tooth phantom and sectioned tooth
cross sections with corresponding measured
ultrasonic waveforms

• tooth phantoms and tooth sections prepared to
  characterize the effects of the DEJ on
  one-dimensional acoustic wave propagation
• measured waveforms very similar indicating close
  match of acoustic reflectance (0.18 vs. 0.176)

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Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health Timeline

• Funding Milestones
• Original work performed on the side starting
  in 2000
• Received funding under OTT Prototype Development
  Fund from 2001 to 2003
• Received funding under Air Defense Systems
  Department Technology Development Fund in 2002
• Miscellaneous Milestones
• Invention disclosure submitted in 2000
• Finalist for OTT Invention of the Year in 2001
• Presented work at SPIE BIOS from 2000-2003
• Technology assessment performed by Fran Meyer
  (OTT consultant) in 2001
• Met with Gendex Dentsply in 2002 to explore
  technology transfer

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Reinforcing Human Interaction Skills Through
Simulations

• Tim Frey
• Program Manager
• Strategic Systems Department
• 10 June 2003

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Potential Applications

• Recruiting
• Suicide intervention
• Courtroom testimony
• US Customs interview
• Informant management
• Parent-child discussions
• Rape-victim interview
• Forensic testimony
• Physician interviews
• Census interviews

• Employee coaching
• Employment interviews
• Sexual Harassment
• Sales, diversity
• Risk communication
• Cultural sensitivity
• Conflict resolution
• Bedside manners
• Courtroom ethics
• Spousal interactions

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Timeline
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
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The Start-Up Company

• APL licensed technology start-up company
  (Simmersion, LLC) in Fall 2002
• Exclusive license
• Cash Equity deal
• APL currently subcontracting remainder of
  projects to Simmersion
• Will direct all new business in this area to them

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What does this mean for you?

• OTT has strong history of successful technology
  transfer to private industry
• License deals and start-ups
• Founded on intellectual capital of talented APL
  staff
• Your innovation could be marketable!
• Explore options with OTT
• Creative ways to stay involved with your
  technology after its been licensed

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Value of Practice

• Training can be viewed as a three-level process

Classroom/Lecture

• Practice is often skipped or insufficient in
  human interaction training

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How did we get into this?

• APL relationship with FBI already in place
• FBI has need to teach new agents detection of
  deception techniques
• APL built simulator (Mike Simmen) to help agents
  practice correct techniques
• Success in the field
• Used by 74 Federal law enforcement agencies and
  thousands of state/local agencies
• Over 20,000 copies in circulation
• US Army (Army Materiel Command) wanted technology
  applied to suicide intervention

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Simulation Features

• Customized for sponsor
• Realistic interactions
• Multiple responses for any given question
• Selection of responses based on simulated brain
• Memory
• Opportunity to ask almost any question at any
  time
• Feedback
• Specific
• Immediate and overall

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Simulation Features (cont.)

• Opportunity for hundreds of different
  interactions with variations of virtual person
• Reinforce the classroom model
• Opportunities to make mistakes and learn from
  them
• Tool for trainer to evaluate student performance
• Help to internalize techniques learned