technology assessment process programs

TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION OFFICE

Technology Assessment Process Programs

• Initial– Prior Art Search– Technology Marketing

• Follow-on– Triage– Family to raise/free a technology


INITIALPRIOR ART


PRIOR ART SEARCH

Novel? Non-obvious? Useful?


PRIOR ART SEARCH

LM completes PAS Request Form

LM receives completed PAS Report

LM emails request to specific email address

Intern conducts PAS, contacting LM and inventor as necessary

Request is assigned to an intern based on field of invention, workload,

and date needed

Request is received and placed in queue

Completed PAS is archived in Hummingbird and sent to LM

Intern emails PAS Report to LM

Completed PASReport

PAS RequestForm


PAS RequestForm

Standardizes input

•Date needed

•Search purpose

•Search level needed

•Inputs at single point (email address)

•Allows for proper queueing


PAS ReportTemplate

Standardizes output

•Databases searched

•Invention summary

•Keywords searched

•Scientific literature

•Patent literature

•Summary of results

•References are attached

•Archived in HB


INITIALTECHNOLOGY MARKETING


TECHNOLOGY MARKETINGLM completes Tech Marketing Request

LM receives Tech Brief and Marketing Materials

Tech Market Brief

Tech Marketing Request Form

Web posting2 pager

Intern completes standard docs, interacts w/ LM at specified points

Request is assigned to an intern based on field of invention, workload,

and date needed

Request is received and placed in queue

Intern completes marketing materials and Market Brief, sends to Manager

and archives in HB

Tech Market Brief and materials emailed to LM

LM emails request to specific email address

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Tech MarketingRequest Form

Standardized Input

•Date needed

•Information available

•Covers: marketing materials, contacts & market research

•Inputs at single point (email address)

•Allows for proper queueing


Tech MarketBrief

Standardizes output

•Contact and rationale

•Underlying structure categorizes tech and prescribes search

•Methodology: Find Companies, Investors… > Summarize > Analyze Fit > Find Contacts

•References docs and dates


Marketing Materials

Standardizes output

•Content standardized by structure (behind the scenes)

•Defines value proposition

•Elucidates gaps

Standardizes intern contact

•Clarification of tech definition and potential gaps

•Review of materials, contacts and rationale


FOLLOW-ONTRIAGE


TRIAGEInvention Chosen by

Student

Student director receives evaluation

forms

Triage summary

Invention Disclosure Form

2 pager

Disclosure is evaluated based on five standard criteria

Disclosure is received by student

Completed evaluation forms sent to student directors for review/process

debrief

Tech Market Brief and materials emailed to LM

Disclosure sent to student

5 BulletsIndividual reports


Evaluation Documents

Standardized output

•Only structure is the areas of evaluation

•Every technology is different, but all are somewhat the same


Tech Ventures TeamGlenn Prestwich

Presidential ProfessorPresidential Special AssistantEntrepreneurial Faculty Assoc

Community of Faculty Entrepreneurs

Doug Lloyd/David DolanSerial Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur in Residence

Commercialization

Troy D’AmbrosioSeasoned Entrepreneur

Raised CapitalDirector of Education Programs

Zach Miles, Interim Director and Associate Director25 fulltime professionals + 30 student interns

Technology Commercialization/Commercial ResearchResearch

Company

Seed Funds• KickStart• UpStart• Lineagen• Vendice• Navigen• 7 Revs• UVF

Ron Weiss, MDretired ARUP CEOFaculty Outreach

$250 millionfederal research

250 “Inventions” 70 Potential Licenses30 Potential Companies

280 faculty10% total faculty

5-8 faculty case load

> 1700 students> 100 business people

>$100 million