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Building and Managing IP Portfolio

SuryaRaghuAdvancedFluidicsLLC&ETCubeInternational

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OUTLINE

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CreatingExploitableIPPatentScapeandTechScapeManagingRisksDiscussionandConclusion

YearlyPatentsforLargeIndustry

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https://medium.com/@IBMResearch/why-we-patent-66ce5a986331

CreatingExploitableIP

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IndustryPatentstrategies:OffensiveandDefensiveOffensive Defensive

Blockcompetitorsfromgainingentryintoyourtechnologyandbusinesssector

Onlydefendyourbusinessarea

Filepatentsforallreasonableinventionsinthatfieldoftechnology

Fileforpatentsonlynecessaryforyourbusiness

Createaggregatedpatentportfolioforlicensingorsale

Notinterestedinsellingpatents

Patenttrolls??

UniversityStrategy

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ExploitableIP•  Wecannotaffordindustry-styleoffensiveor

defensivestrategies

•  ChangingIPtrends:Itisnotonlypatentsbutalsocopyrights(software+others),designs,innovations,Apps,Clinicaltesting,EducationalmethodsandTrainingtools.

UniversityStrategy

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Inventions:Developastrategyformarketinghighestvalue-addedIPInventionshouldhave(near-term)application(insight)HigherTRLforastrongpatentMarketsizePotentiallicensingpath–contactsandrelationshipswiththerightindustry

CreatingaIPPortfolio

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CreatingaportfolioofrelatedpatentsandotherIPwillprovideabetterpackageformarketingExample:Chemicalcompound+methodofextraction+optimizedprocessingtechnology+processcontrolmethods+possiblereactions+catalysts+applications+softwarealgorithms(?)+designsMayneedlotofinterdisciplinarywork

Technology-needmapping

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ElectricityAccessRenewableEnergy

TransportationAgriculture,Horticulture,Foodprocessing,Dairy

Healthcare

OverlaythiswiththeUniversityIPMap

PatentsSoftwareDesigns

OtherIP

Note:PossiblecommonIPtodifferentsectors!

PatentPortfolioMapping

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PatentportfoliomapofFranhaufferInstitute(https://heronscientific.com)

Morecontinuousspectrum?

ManagingIPCosts

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Cannotpatentallinventionsreceived–onlydemand-based?Pre-patentmarketingofinventions-technologybriefs(Shouldyoupublishrestoftheinventionssothatotherscannotpatent?–thismayhelpincreasetheUniversityreputationanddrawattentionfromIndustryinthefuture)

Protectbycopyrights(andotherformsofIP??)–somechallengesofcopyrighting??

Managingthe“un-groupables”

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ElectricityAccessRenewableEnergy

TransportationAgriculture,Horticulture,Foodprocessing,Dairy

Healthcare

PatentsSoftwareDesigns

OtherIP

Maybeahigh-valueIP?Shouldwegetasecondopinion?

MovinguptheTechnologyLevel

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Investseedfundingtoadvancethetechnologytoastagewhereitcanbemarketed–industry“needssolutions,nottechnologies”Encouragestart-upsfromUniversity–theycanactastechnologydevelopersfromexternalfundingandbeboughtoutbylargecompaniesdowntheroad.

IPDonations

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SolicitandmanageIPdonationsCompaniesgettaxbenefitsbypatentdonationCompaniesdonatepatentsordofree-licensing(Patentmaintenancefeesmayalsobedonated)

IPDonationbyCompanies

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Company Whatwasdonated Receivedby Year

Dupont 257Patents DEDO 2007

Dupont Patentsforanewpapermakingtechnology

UniversityofMaine 2001

Dupont $64Millionworthofpatents

PennStateU.ofIowaVPI

1999

Boeing PatentsforMedicalapplications

U.Penn 2001

ProctorandGamble 196patents Vanderbilt 2000

Shell >$83.5Million U.Texas

DonationbyFree-Licensing

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Company Whatwaslicensed Receivedby

Syngenta technologytoproducevitaminAenrichedrice

GoldenRicePatentPool

BoehringerIngelheim

Grantedfree-licensesofpatentscoveringaHIVdrugforaperiodof5yearstoAspenPharmacare

Aspen(SACompany)

Novartis,Roche Donotfileorenforcepatentsinleastdevelopedcountries

WatchyourownIPuse

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UniversitiesshouldalsobeawareofIPuseandinfringement

Getpermissionwheneveritisnecessary–thisestablishestrustandgoodreputationandmaypreventpunitivedamages!

ManagingRisks

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WhataretherisksinvolvedinIPmanagement?PrematuredisclosuresLicensingtothewrongcompanyUnder-valuationoftechnologyNon-profitableand/orunworkabledealsExclusivelicensedealswithnoreturns-shouldtheTTOstilllicensesuchIP??

Summary

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SomeactionitemsforTTOtobuildandmanageIPportfolio“TechnologyMapping”GreaterRisktaking–getUniversityapprovalforthis–howdoyousharetheriskwiththecompany??Developseed-fundsforfurtherdevelopmentoftechnology–helpsbroaderclaimsinpatentsEncourageUniversityStart-upsSolicitandmanageIPdonations

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ThankYou!

Creatinga“PatentScape”(Innography.com)

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https://www.innography.com/

“PatentScapes”or“TechScapes”forHealth/AgriculturalSciences?

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Companies

Area2Area5Area8

Start-upSpaces?