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Industry-University Partnerships

SuryaRaghuAdvancedFluidicsLLC&ETCubeInternational

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ImpactofResearchbeyondAcademiaImpactistheeffectresearchhasbeyondacademiaandconsistsof“……..benefitstooneormoreareasoftheeconomy,society,culture,publicpolicyandservices,health,production,environment,internationaldevelopmentorqualityoflife,whetherlocally,regionally,nationallyorinternationally”

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andas“….manifestedinawidevarietyofwaysincluding,butnotlimitedto:themanytypesofbeneficiary(individuals,organizations,communities,regionsandotherentities);impactsonproducts,processes,behaviors,policies,practices;andavoidanceofharmorthewasteofresources.”

(UK2014ResearchExcellenceFramework)

GreatContributionsfromUniversitiesSaccharin–JohnsHopkins1879

Insulin–U.ofToronto1922

Plexiglass–McGillU.1930

Penicillin–OxfordU.1939

Computer–U.Pennsylvania.1946

PolioVaccine–U.Pittsburgh1955

Pacemaker–U.Minnesota1958

LCDScreen–KentState1967

RecombinantDNA–Stanford,UCSF1974

InternetSearch(Google)–Stanford1998Moreinfoathttp://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/08/100-important-innovations-that-came-from-university-research/ ©S.Raghu 3WIPOEIEWorkshopII

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GreatContributionsfromUniversities

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MyPersonalExperienceinUniversity-IndustryWork

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1.SUNY-StonyBrook–LILCO(PowergenerationanddistributioncompanyinLongIsland,NY)–GiannottiAssociates(EngineeringConsultingCompany)Course–projectwork–industrialvisits–co-opstudent–smallgrant–largergrant+studentsupport–full-scalespraysystemforthepowerplant

(https://www.power-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2017/09/3-overview-300x191.jpg)

Industry-UniversityInteraction(beingontheothersidenow)

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1.UniversityofMaryland–MarylandIndustrialPartnership(MIPS)Program–AutomotiveaerodynamicsCompanyfundedUniversityforaresearchprojectofinteresttoautomotiveindustry.

(Raghuetal,SAEPaper)

Industry-UniversityInteraction

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UniversityofMaryland–Dropletimpactstudiesonhardandsofttargets-Facultyresearchfundingfromcompanyforbasicresearchtoaddressaconsumerproductapplication

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2108483-softening-surfaces-stops-liquids-from-splashing-when-they-hit/

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AdvancedFluidics+UniversityofArizona+NASA

Industry-UniversityInteraction

Idea:2006:Startedworkingin2008(Invention)ProvisionalPatentapplication–July2009FullUSPatentApplicationinJuly2010PatentsIssuedFebruary2013–OwnedbySuryaRaghu2morepatentsareassignedtoBoeinginaseparateprogram

9http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-tail-technology-could-someday-reduce-airplane-fuel-use

Airplanes

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OtherProjects1.  JHU/AF–micropumpsforfuelcells2.  IllinoisInstituteofTechnology/Boeing/AF3.  MIT/JHU/AF–Hapticactuators4.  GeorgiaTech/AirForce/AF–Helicopter

Aerodynamics5.  UniversityofIowa,RPI,NorthropGrumman/AF6.  UMBC/AF–Biosensor; UMMC/AF–Biosensor

Industry-UniversityInteraction

ModesofInteractionforCommercialization

LicensingConsultingSponsoredResearch?ContractResearch?CollaborativeResearch

BusinessdealIPdefinedClearTermSheet

BusinessdealStrongdeliverablesIP?

Deliverablesarenotwelldefined?OrWelldefined?IP?

Exploratory–industrydirectedresearch?IP?

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Somechallenges..

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IP-OwnershipPublicationsandimpactonIPTimescalesAuthorships

Somechallenges..

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Licensingrequests:IndustriesfailingtotakealicenseandUniversityenforcementsUnrealisticfinancialandcontractualexpectationsPatentsnotavailablefordefensiveandoffensivestrategies…SovereignPatentFunds(SPF)??SriLanka??EasyAccessIP??

WhatmakestheUniversity-IndustryRelationshipsuccessful?

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•  LinearTechnologypushbyUniversityisnotnecessarilythebestwayforinnovationinindustry

•  Moresymbioticrelationshipinworkingontheproblemsofinteresttoindustry/market

•  Engagementwiththerestoftheecosystem

TechnologyTransfer4.0•  Innovationsvs.Inventions

Liberalarts,SocialSciencesincluded•  ClinicalTrialsandTrainingPrograms,MobileApps,

non-softwarecopyrightmaterials,educationaltools.

•  Newmethodsofdisseminatinginnovation–Transactions-basedtechnologyportals,App.Store,publicationdownloads.

•  Software-driventech-transfertransactions-“EasyAccessLicensing”

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ThankYou

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Questions?