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January 17 2014
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Agenda
Who are Ploughshare?
•What do we do?
•Spin-outs
•License Examples
•What do others have to say?
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Who are
Ploughshare?
Ploughshare is wholly owned by the
Secretary of State for Defence
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What does
Ploughshare
do?
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What does Ploughshare do?
Ploughshare are experts in:
• Licensing IP
• 110 technologies commercialised through 50 current licenses/commercial
arrangements
• Commercialisation services
• 330 cases reviewed (2014)
• Spin-outs /Joint ventures – 11 Spin outs in total;
• 7 active, 2 sales, 2 wound-up
Complementary activities:
• Supporting creativity through IP pipeline development (PIF)
• Rewarding inventors
• Controlling IP costs
• Longer term: Off-the-shelf (COTS) opportunities for MOD
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Where does Ploughshare fit?
Industry
Suppliers
Intellectual Property Creation and Transfer
Centre for
Defence
Enterprise
Industry
Customers
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Spin-outs
Examples
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Spin-Outs
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Enigma Diagnostics
Rapid Detection & Identification of
bacteria and viruses at the point of
sampling
Applications:
• Biothreat
• Veterinary
• Point of care diagnostic
www.enigmadiagnostics.com
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Spin-Outs
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P2i
Plasma Surface Coating Process
Applications:
• Electronics
• Lifestyle clothing and footwear
• Bio-consumables
• Military
www.p2ilabs.com
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Spin-Outs
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ProKyma technologies Ltd.
Biological cell collection/analysis
instrumentation
Applications:
• In Vitro Diagnostics
• Life Sciences Research
www.prokyma.com
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Spin-Outs
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Claresys Ltd
Optical Innovation
Applications:
• Surveillance
• Industrial Monitoring
www.claresys.com
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Spin-Outs
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Subsea Asset Location Technology
(SALT) Ltd
Passive Underwater Beacons to allow easier
detection by SONAR
Applications:
• Fishing/Aquaculture
• Oil/Gas
• Utilities i.e Subsea power/telephone lines
• General marine (civil and military)
navigation
www.cesalt.com
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Spin-Outs
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ESROE
Electronic Surveillance and Support software
solutions
Applications:
• Cutting edge information processing solutions
for Electronic Warfare systems
• World’s only Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS)
software for real-time identification of radar
signatures
• From armoured vehicles and UAVs to large
multi-role warships and surveillance aircraft
www.esroe.com
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Licenses
Examples
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Detection &
Diagnostics
Sampling Device
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Sample Device With Lateral Flow Strips
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Problem:
A need to rapidly identify multiple
potential materials in a single sample
Solution:
• An integrated sampling device that can be used to swab a surface and collect a sample, allowing immediate identification.
• The device can incorporate up to 8 separate lateral flow diagnostic strips, which can be selected to suit the situation.
• Robust and can be used when wearing gloves
• Self-contained, no added reagents or power source
• Sample is retained for further testing or audit
Untreated Treated
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Human
Identification
NAFM
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Licences
Human Identification
Noise Adaptive Feature Matching (NAFM)
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Problem:
Improving identification in high signal
to noise environments.
Solution:
• The NAFM method uses statistical
features of the signal to deliver a
significant improvement in matching
accuracy when large or varying
amounts of noise are present in the
measured signal, as is typical with the
use of voice biometrics for mobile
consumer devices.
• Identity and access management.
• Mobile commerce.
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Electro Optics
Optically Addressable
Light Valve
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Optically Addressed Light Valve
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Problem:
Protection from dazzle from sunlight, lasers, arc welders etc. for equipment and personnel
Solution:
Liquid crystal cell & photoconductive
material
•Light can be limited or filtered to
protect sensors or maintain vision
•Protection of CCTV/Surveillance
cameras and equipment
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Defence &
Security
Armour
Sonar
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Super Bainite Steel
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Solution:
High Hardness Armoured Steel
Development of new secondary
hardening process
• Lower weight
• Easier machining/shaping than
conventional armoured steel
• Production Assessment
conducted with Tata (260 Tonnes)
• Processing Licensees now being
sought
Problem:
No UK onshore production capability
for armour steel
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Audio Visual Acoustic Detection
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Problem:
Assisting passive sonar operators with
tools to aid interpretation of signals
Solution:
Simplifies passive sonar detection by
providing sonar operators with rapid
visual representation of audio data
Enables classification of the sound
into one of the three categories;
• Mechanical
• Biological
• Environmental
Software implementation would sit in
existing sonar system hardware
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