Commercialization as Part of Mission Statement of UT System institutions & Recent Initiatives Bryan Allinson, Executive Director of Technology CommercializationUniversity of Texas System

March 2013

Profile of the University of Texas System

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Second largest university system in U. S.

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Source: Preliminary AUTM STATT, THECB

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2,546 (Total R&D Funding)

Source: AUTM 2011 data7

Tenure, Mission Statements including Commercialization

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Summary

• Tenure

– Generally speaking, part of the “Cirriculum Vitae” and/or “Research” component of holistic review

– Benefit is recognizes technology commercialization achievements of faculty in consideration of tenure

– Make sure not too broad, avoid unintended consequence of more but not necessarily better patents, i.e. vanity patents

• Mission statements

– Technology commercialization is part of the mission statement of many UT System component institutions

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UT Health Science Center San Antonio

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http://www.uthscsa.edu/vpaa/

UT Dallas

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UT Dallas

• http://policy.utdallas.edu/utdpp1077

• School of Engineering and Computer Science: “To aid in determining the candidate's satisfaction of the previously stated principles, the following issues will be considered: Has the candidate demonstrated excellence, innovation and creativity in.. as evidenced by…. patents applied for and granted; software developed and utilized; and related evidences of originality?”

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UT Austin

• Source: http://www.utexas.edu/provost/policies/evaluation/tenure/

• C.1 Recommendations• C.2 Cirriculum Vitae and Other

Information– a. Cirriculum Vitae

• […8 prior items…]• Patents Issued (as

applicable)– b. Co-Authored Works

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• C.2 CV and Other Information (con’t)– c. Works Forthcoming– d. Faculty Activity Reports

• C.3 Teaching• C.4 Research Scholarship• C.5 Academic Advisory• C.6 Service• C.7 Honors• C.8 Letters of Recommendation• C.9 Additional Statements• C.10 Supplemental Materials

UT El Paso

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UT Arlington

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UT San Antonio

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UT Pan American

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UT Brownsville

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UT Tyler

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UT Medical Branch (Galveston TX)

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Special Programs Aimed at Improving Commercialization

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Summary

• The University of Texas System has launched several system-wide initiatives aimed at improving commercialization, entrepreneurship and innovation

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The UT Horizon Fund

• Strategic Venture Fund of the University of Texas System– Focused on improving technology commercialization and return on investment from

university startups– Capitalized by UT System Board of Regents in August 2011; Launched January 2012– 7 investments to date

• Two phases– Phase I: $10.0 million (2011) – Phase II: $50.0 million in four installments (2013 first installment)

• Requirement– Co-investment of at least 1:1– UT intellectual property

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Profile: University & health strategic venture funds

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Univ. of Wisconsin New York University

Partners Healthcare Cleveland Clinic Kaiser Permanente

Stanford Univ. of Michigan

Univ. of Texas

Profile: Origination of university ventures

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$2.5B research and development in FY11

9,975 active patents and patent applications(278 new applications; 156 new issued patents; $7.5M legal costs in FY11)

154 active startups*(20 new startups in FY11)

1,227 active licenses(126 new licenses; $65.3M royalties in FY11)

62 active invested startups*(19 new investments in FY11)

* - Only startups having anactive license agreement on file3 exits in FY11 yielding $132M

Startups by Segment

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UT Transform• Funded by The University of Texas System with a $750,000 grant

• “Translational Research Advancement Network to Support, Fund, Organize,

Roll-Out and Motivate UT Innovations”

• Seeks to further an entrepreneurial ecosystem at UT System institutions

• Designed to stimulate education in innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization; create new platforms; and provide inventors with a support network.

• Survey focused on measuring orientation, barriers and motivators.

• Provides entrepreneurial education through seminars, webinars, workshops and presentations at UT campuses, entrepreneurship boot camps aimed at increasing awareness for entrepreneurship and product development for faculty and students.

• Provides proof of principal sub-awards; tracking online content, downloads, patent applications, new startups, licenses, co-investments into startup companies by third parties, and results; and long-term measures of successful product launches into market, royalty fees, startups and matched funding.

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Texas CTSA Collaborative

• Funded by The University of Texas System with a $750,000 grant• Focuses on supporting the four National Institute of Health Clinical and Translational

Science Awards (CTSAs) awarded to the University of Texas System, the most of any university system in the U.S.

• Seeks to address the lack of infrastructure for healthcare based entrepreneurship, lack of training and lack of early stage support for proof of concept

• Works closely with existing Offices of Technology Commercialization to establish:– Health-based training program for innovation & entrepreneurship– Entrepreneur-in-residence program– A “business boostrap” program focused on regulatory, legal and practical

requirements

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Texas FreshAIR

• An initiative of UT System, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Health Science Center Houston, UT Health Science Center San Antonio, UT Medical Branch and UT Health Science Center Tyler

• Focused on increasing public-private-partnerships (PPPs)

• Evaluate improved science-based partnerships focused on drug development

• Support the delivery of advanced healthcare to Texans including a large, engrained Hispanic population base

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Incubators at UT System

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UT Austin Cockrell School of Engineering hires Robert Metcalfe, founder of ethernet and fmr. venture capitalist

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UT Austin’s IC2 institute and ATI

• Founded by Dr. George Kozmetsky in 1977 while he was Dean of College of Business

– Former Executive of Teledyne

– Awarded National Medical of Technology in 1993

• Mentor for Michael Dell, founder of DELL Corporation and Jim Truchard, National Instruments

• The Austin Technology Incubator has worked with over 200 companies who have combined to raise over $1 billion in capital

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Thank you

Bryan Allinson

Executive Director

Office of Technology Commercialization

Divisions of the Vice Chancellor and General Counsel; and Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs

The University of Texas System

(512) 499-4495

ballinson@utsystem.edu

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