UM Licensing Philosophy

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UM Licensing Philosophy

• Essentially the same as MSUs however UM tends
  to focus more on growing Montana companies than
  on maximizing returns to the University

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UM TT Success Stories
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Purity Systems, Inc.

• Private Missoula company funded be two local
  businessmen.
• Technology from UM Chemistry Department stable,
  reusable resins to remove heavy metals (lead,
  chromium, copper, etc.) from water.
• Uses- 1) Final scrubbing of water before
  returning to environment 2) Purify drinking
  water 3) To mine low concentrations of
  valuable metals.

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PSI, continued

• PSI licensed and paid for US and International
  filings of 3 UM patents, funded research at UM
  for 5 years, and employs 5 people in Missoula.
• PSI was (is) the anchor tenant at MonTEC.
• PSI has business agreements with companies in
  China, Taiwan, and Australia, in addition to the
  USA.

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Bee Alert Technologies, Inc.,S K Electronics,
andNunza/Sunseeds

• Two privately held Montana companies and an
  international Dutch company.
• Technology covers methods and devices to train
  honey bees to locate specific chemical odors.
• Uses
• 1) Locate IEDs, land mines, bomb
  factories, and people/vehicles transporting
  explosives.

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BATI, SKE, and N/S continued

• 2) Enhance crop pollination.
• 3) Locate chemical of interest i.e., meth labs,
  bodies, etc.
• 4) Use as environmental sentinels.
• Two UM patents have been paid for by licensees,
  in addition to funding research.
• Several million of development have come into
  Montana.
• Four licenses and one option have been granted on
  the basic technologies.

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Roscoe Steel and Culvert Co.

• Licensed a UM patent from DBS on technology to
  assist small animals to cross roads.
• Solves an EPA problem with highway construction
  projects.
• Patent covers a shelf for larger animals and a
  tube for small animals that can be installed as
  OEM in new culverts or retrofitted into existing
  culverts.

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ROSCOE, continued

• Called Critter Crawl or Critter Crossing
  equipment.
• Marketing roll-out is scheduled for this
  winter.