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3FY2009

From the Directors

From the Directors

About the Offices

Fiscal 2009 Summary

Disclosures

Patent Activity

Licenses & Options

Royalties & Royalty Distribution

Issued Patents: Chicago

Issued Patents: Urbana

Start-Ups

Contact Information

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The University of Illinois Offices of Technology Management (OTM) are proud to report on the successes and activities of fiscal year 2009.Despite the economic downturn, both Offices were able to meet many important metric and qualitative goals and further advance several significant initiatives.

The royalties earned, which includes patent reimbursements, exceeded goals for both offices. The number of disclosures received from faculty by each office also met expectations – in no small part due to extensive Technology Manager outreach. The Offices also achieved qualitative goals involving patent portfolio management, marketing processes and IT infrastructure.

While the impact of the economic crisis did affect the number of licenses and options signed in fiscal 2009, the pipeline of technologies in negotiation remains strong and the Offices are well positioned for the new fiscal year.

As always, the biggest factor in the Offices’ success is the stellar faculty and research at the University of Illinois.

Our goal is to provide outstanding service to our campus communities. As you read this report, we welcome your feedback and comments.

Sincerely,

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Lesley MillarDirectorOffice of Technology ManagementUrbana-Champaign

Nancy SullivanDirectorOffice of Technology ManagementChicago

4FY2009

To encourage innovation, enhance research and facilitate economic development through the effective management, transfer, and commercialization of University-based technologies and intellectual property.

Our Mission

Nancy Sullivan became Director of the OTM in Chicago in November 2008. She brings more than 15 years of experience in business and biotechnology, and has worked in the public and private sectors. Most recently she was the Senior Director of Business Development for KeraCure, an early stage biotechnology company. Previously, Sullivan was Director of the Womens Entrepeneurial Life Sciences Initiative at Northwestern Universtiy. Her experience combining the life sciences and entrepreneurship are an ideal fit for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) OTM team and technology portfolio.

New Director For The Office Of Technology Management In Chicago

ABOUT THE OFFICES OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

• Provide outstanding service to the University community by being proactive and responsive to faculty and other stakeholders on all intellectual property matters relating to University technologies

• Collaborate on marketing and communications to leverage the strengths of both campuses • Create a comprehensive patent management strategy to manage costs and maximize coverage

• Continue to develop an information technology infrastructure to support Office efforts

• Be a leader in the Midwest technology transfer community

Shared Goals for Fiscal 2010

Staff Updates

Chicago

• Colin James and Shrijay Vijayan have both been promoted to Technology Manager from Associate Technology Manager. • Mark Krivchenia joined OTM as a Technology Manager.

• A Senior Technology Manager search is underway and the position is likely to be filled in the first half of the new fiscal year.

• Technology Manager responsibilities have been reorganized to align with colleges.

Urbana

• Steven Wille was promoted to Assistant Director of Marketing in addition to his role as Senior Technology Manager. • Jonathan Ho, Ph.D., joined OTM as a Technology Manager.

• Emily Wee, Ph.D., and Nathan Hoffmann joined the OTM as Associate Technology Managers.

• Lisa Dhar, Ph.D., will be joining OTM in September 2009, as a Senior Technology Manager.

5FY2009

Note: As a result of the large amount of interdisciplinary research on both campuses, inventions are often associated with more than one college or unit. As a result, the numbers reported in the table may be counted multiple times, once for each associated college or unit.

DisclosuresU.S. Patent Applications FiledU.S. Patents IssuedLicenses & OptionsStart-upsPatent ReimbursementRoyalties Earned

Fiscal 2009 Totals

203145

4233

6$1,788,857$5,115,982

Urbana Chicago Total

Urbana - Colleges and UnitsApplied Health SciencesACESEducationEngineeringLiberal Arts & SciencesVeterinary MedicineBeckman InstituteMedicine at UrbanaInternational Programs & StudiesInstitute for Genomic BiologyNCSAState SurveysPolice Training Institute

Fiscal 2009 by College/Unit U.S. PatentDisclosures Applications Filed U.S. Patents Issued Licenses & Options

Chicago - Colleges and UnitsApplied Health SciencesArchitecture & the ArtsDentistryEducationEngineeringLiberal Arts & SciencesMedicineMedicine - PeoriaMedicine - RockfordPublic HealthPharmacy

130202

1516

2$505,195

$10,553,370

333347

5749

8$2,294,053

$15.669,352

222

211633

232

22

1227

21

211

10535

242

2

8222

2

4013

11

22

6

233

8

1

7141

456

61412

17

3

10

5410

12321

37

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FISCAL 2009 SUMMARY

U.S. PatentDisclosures Applications Filed U.S. Patents Issued Licenses & Options

6FY2009

Visibility of Technology Commercialization

Each Office hires graduate student interns to screen and evaluate new technology disclosures. Although each campus has structured the details of the intern’s work slightly differently, both programs emphasize screening new technologies for patentability, analyzing potential markets, and identifying the main market players. This data helps the technology managers decide whether to proceed with commercialization efforts, and is provided to inventors to communicate that decision.

The offices have expanded their intern programs in the past year. Notably, the David and Marcia K. Chicoine Scholar in Science and Technology-Based Economic Development was established by the University to recognize the contributions of David and Marcia Chicoine to the University of Illinois. The Chicoine Scholar receives a one-year scholarship and an internship based at the Office of Technology Management, rotating annually between Chicago and Champaign.

In Urbana, the Office has expanded its program to include interns and externs from the Colleges of Law, Business, ACES, the Beckman Institute, the Institute for Genomic Biology and the Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research (CABER).

In addition to providing a critical service for the OTM’s, the interns themselves are gaining valuable experience that often influences their career decisions. Three former interns in Chicago have continued their careers at the UIC OTM, and four others are working in areas related to technology development, including consulting, venture capital (with IllinoisVENTURES) and business analysis. In Urbana, at least five former interns have gone on to become technology managers, and many others are involved in business and economic development.

Commercialization Interns Advance the Offices of Technology Management and their Careers

DISCLOSURES

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225195

122 117

201243

312 31

7318

363

FY ‘05FY ‘06

FY ‘07FY ‘08

Invention Disclosures by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009

UICUIUC

203

130

333

FY ‘09

120

Both OTM’s held several events throughout the year to raise office visibility on each campus.

Chicago

• Copyright law workshop on the west campus

• Software commercialization workshop on the east campus • Four informal “coffee breaks” to discuss IP-related topics and network with faculty around campus

• Technology managers regularly attend department and faculty meetings

Urbana

• Hosted a speaker from IBM

• Arranged seminars in the: - College of Law - College of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition - Institute for Genomic Biology

• Urbana also participated in seminars in: - Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology - College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) - College of Fine Arts - EnterpriseWorks - NanoCEMMS

• Four informal “coffee breaks” to discuss IP-related topics and network with faculty around campus

7FY2009

PATENT ACTIVITY

Optimizing Patent Protection

Both campuses have been refining their patent strategies in order to maximize opportunities and ensure that appropriate patent prtection strategies are in place for different types of technologies.

In the coming year, both offices are partnering with Professor Jay Kesan, a law professor on the Urbana campus who is renowned for his work in intellectual property and entrepreneurship. He will advise on issues including the strategy for foreign filings and creating a framework for maintaining or abandoning patents.

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300

400

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120142

111

165

144

220

253

309

367

FY ‘05FY ‘06

FY ‘07FY ‘08

U.S. Patents Filed by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009

UICUIUC

183

184

145

202

347

FY ‘09

FY ‘05FY ‘06

FY ‘07FY ‘08

Patent Costs by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009

$1,667,889

$2,066,747

$2,550,301

$1,430,460 $1

,373,510

$3,491,548

$3,957,903

$1,507,813

UICUIUC

$3,734,636

$3,980,761

$4,865,058

$5,465,716

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FY ‘09

$3,729,668

$1,658,679

$5,388,347

Note: Fiscal 2009 patent costs as calculated on July 20.

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64

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5054

FY ‘05FY ‘06

FY ‘07FY ‘08

U.S. Patents Issued by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009

UICUIUC

38

16

42

15

57

FY ‘09

Note: Of the 57 U.S. patents issues in fiscal 2009, 33 are already either licensed or optioned, 14 in Chicago and 19 in Urbana.

8FY2009

New Emphasis on Marketing Collaborations

LICENSES & OPTIONS

A cross-campus team was initiated in fiscal 2009 to examine the current marketing processes and best practices of each OTM. The result is a new emphasis on bundling technologies by market area and also collaborating across campus on marketing efforts.

The Offices will continue to market individual technologies but will also look for opportunities to market bundles of technologies in the same industry area. Taking a portfolio-based approach to marketing leads to more refined marketing strategies based on a better understanding of where our technologies fit in the marketplace. Ultimately this should lead to increased numbers of licenses and options.

Collaborating on marketing activities across campus, such as attending tradeshows together and combining technologies from both campuses in our brochures increases the visibility of University of Illinois technologies and maximizes the use of our marketing resources. This may also lead to the possibility of cross-campus collaboration between inventors.

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3743

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63

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61

FY ‘05FY ‘06

FY ‘07FY ‘08

100

Licenses & Options by Campus: Fiscal 2005-Fiscal 2009

UICUIUC

33

16

49

FY ‘09

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15

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11

FY ‘05FY ‘06

FY ‘07FY ‘08

Number of Start-Ups by Campus: Fiscal 2005-Fiscal 2009

UICUIUC

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FY ‘09

Tradeshows & Conferences Attended

• Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)

• Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)

• Copenmind (cleantech) • Illinois Biotechnolgy Industry Organization (iBio Index)

• Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting

• The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Conference (TMS)

• Pittsburgh Conference on Alalytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon)

• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

• Web 2.0 Expo

Fiscal 2009 Licenses & Options

Chicago

• 12 exclusive licenses and options out of 16 total

• Range of technologies includes research tools and reagents, antibodies, medical devices, software and more.

Urbana

• 22 exclusive licenses and options out of 33 total

• Range of technologies includes materials, micro and nanotechnologies, plant sciences, animal sciences, software, biotechnology and more.

9FY2009

Top Royalty Generating Technologies

Chicago

• Multidrug Resistant Retroviral Protease Inhibitors: protease inhibitor compound known as Prezista and used to treat HIV-AIDS

• TICE BCG: for the treatment and prophylaxis of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder, and for the prophylaxis of Ta and/or T1 papillary tumors following transurethral resection • TIMS Elementary Math Program: an elementary school mathematics program for children in grades K-12

Urbana

• Native Oxide: a semiconductor technology used in laser printers, fiber optic communications, microelectronic devices and more

• Transfer printing technology: enables the parallel transfer of many pre-formed circuit elements from a source semiconductor wafer to almost any other substrate; currently being developed to make large GaAs solar arrays for megawatt solar generation

• MarketMaker: an online resource designed to connect food producers, distributors, buyers, and sellers to their specific markets

ROYALTIES & ROYALTY DISTRIBUTION

Royalties Earned non-University Share patent protection fund patent expenses reimbursementNet available for distribution

Fiscal 2009 Distribution of Royalties EarnedUrbana Chicago

$5,115,982$245,000$253,063

$1,788,857$2,964,183

$10,553,370$516,476$760,987$505,195

$9,000,041

Actual Distributions Inventors Share University Share Unit/College/Campus OTM Cost Recovery

$706,341

$1,166,539$684,150

$2,906,964

$3,683,594$2,124,085

$0

$4

$2

$6

$8

$10

$3.19

$4.19

$6.89

$4.39

$4.35

$4.68

$4.24

$4.48

$7.38

$11.28

$9.03

$8.71

FY ‘05FY ‘06

FY ‘07FY ‘08

$12

(in m

illio

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Royalties Earned by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009

UICUIUC

$14

$16

$5.12

$10.55

$15.67

FY ‘09

Note: “Actual Distributions” do not match the “Net Available for Distribution” in any one year because of the time lag between the date many are received and the date actual distributions are made.

10FY2009

Jeffrey Bloom, Mark Duffy, Douglas Heintzelman, Karen Nally-Heintzelman

Opthalmology and Visual Science

Light-Activated Adhesive Composite, System, and Methods of Use Thereof

Ananda Chakrabarty, Anita Chaudhari, Tapas Das Gupta, Arsenio Fialho, Chang Soo Hong, Tohru Yamada

7,511,117L

Microbiology and Immunology, Dept. of Surgical Oncology

Compositions and Methods for Treating HIV Infection with Cupredoxin and Cytochrome C

John Erickson, Arun Ghosh, Sergie Gulnik, Hiroaki Mitsuya

7,470,506L

Chemistry Fitness Assay and Associated Methods

Edward Cohen7,402,306O

Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology

Cancer Immunotherapy with Semi-Allogeneic Cells

Tapas Das Gupta, Darrick Kim, John Pezzuto

7,414,042L

Medicinal Chemistry and Phar-macognosy, Surgical Oncology

Method and Composition of Selectively Inhibiting Melanoma

Manfred Konrad, Arnon Lavie, Farhad Ravandi

7,419,811 Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Leukemia

Use of Specifically Engineered Enzymes to Enhance the Efficacy of Prodrugs

Asrar Malik, Chinnaswamy Tiruppathi7,429,563O

Pharmacology Peptide Carrier for Drug Delivery

Vivek Nigam, Roland Priemer7,435,224O

Electrical and Computer Engineering (formerly EECS)

Extraction of Heart Sound of Fetus From Heart Sound Information That Comprises Plurality of Mixtures of Plurality of Heart Sounds of Plurality of Fetuses

Alan Diamond, Vadim Gladyshev, Dolph Hatfield, Kuan-Teh Jeang, John Wootton

7,442,543L

Human Nutrition & Dietetics Mammalian Selenoprotein Differentially Expressed in Tumor Cells

Robert Donati, Mark Rasenick, Sadamu Toki

7,445,888O

Physiology and BiophysicsMethods for Assaying for Antidepressant Therapy Markers

Ananda Chakrabarty, Tapas Das Gupta, Yoshinori Hiraoka, Vasu Punj, Tohru Yamada, Olga Zaborina

7,491,394L

General Surgery Microbiology and Immunology, Dept. of Surgical Oncology

Cytotoxic Factors For Modulating Cell Death

7,531,338L

Sudha Ankala, Geoffrey Bilcer, Thippeswamy Devasamudram, Arun Ghosh, Nagaswamy Kumaragurubaran, Hui Lei, Chunfeng Liu, Lisa Swanson, Jordan Tang

7,504,420L

Chemistry Compounds Which Inhibit Beta-Secretase Activity and Methods of Use Thereof

Bin Chen, Alan Kozikowski7,507,828L

Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors and Methods of Use Thereof

Mark Holterman, Matthew Meriggioli, Bellur Prabhakar, Chenthamarakshan Vasu

7,527,972L

Microbiology and Immunology, Dept. of Neurology and Reha-bilitation Medicine, Dept. of Surgery

Uses of a Bispecific Antibody Coated Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Antigens and GM-CSF in Immune Regulation

Jinghua Chen, Michael Duncan, Jian Liu, Anders Malmstrom, Deepak Shukla, Vaibhav Tiwari, Guoqing Xia

Opthalmology and Visual Science

Purified And Isolated Heparan Sulfate 3-O-Sulfotransferase Isoform 5 Nucleic Acids And Polypeptides And Therapeutic And Screening Methods Using Same

Patent # Title Inventor(s) Department(s)

U.S. PATENTS ISSUED: CHICAGO

7,501,133L

Patents that are licensed are noted with an LPatents that are optioned are noted with an O

11FY2009

U.S. PATENTS ISSUED: URBANA


Tyler Johannes, William Metcalf, Wilfred van der Donk, Ryan Woodyer, Huimin Zhao

7,402,419L

Phosphite Dehydrogenase Mutants for Nicotinamide Cofactor Regeneration

David Bullen, Chang Liu, Ming Zhang7,402,849L

Electrical & Computer Engr, Materials Science & Engr Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)

Parallel, Individually Addressable Probes for Nanolithography

Kuo-Lih Chang, Keh-Yung (Norman) Cheng, John Epple, Kuang-Chien Hsieh, Gregory Pickrell

7,407,863 Electrical & Computer EngrAdhesive Bonding With Low Temperature Grown Amorphous or Polycrystalline Com-pound Semiconductors

Chemical & Biomolecular Engr, Chemistry, Microbiology

Nitin Aggarwal, Yoram Bresler, Behzad Sharif

7,423,430 Electrical & Computer EngrAdaptive Parallel Acquisition and Reconstruction of Dynamic MR Images

Sahraoui Chaieb, Munir Nayfeh7,429,369O

Beckman Institute Physics Theoretical & Applied Mech

Silicon Nanoparticle Nanotubes and Method for Making the Same

Olga Esteban, Huimin Zhao7,442,773 Chemical & Biomolecular Engr

Universal Peptide-Binding Scaffolds and Protein Chips

Paul Bohn, Bruce Flachsbart, Mark Shannon, Jonathan Sweedler

7,445,027L

Beckman Institute, Chemistry Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)

Multilayer Microfluidic Nanofluidic Device

Chang Liu 7,445,675 Electrical & Computer EngrSensor for Monitoring Material Deposition

Jamshid Ghaboussi, Youssef Hashash, David Pecknold

7,447,614O

Civil & Environmental EngrMethods and Systems for Modeling Material Behavior

Stephen Boppart, Daniel Marks7,450,243 Beckman Institute, Bioengineering, Electrical & Computer Engr

Volumetric Endoscopic Coherence Microscopy using a Coherent Fiber Bundle

Jack Chen, Chang Liu7,451,537 Electrical & Computer EngrMethod for Fabricating a Microscale Anemometer

Robert Donati, Mark Rasenick, Sadamu Toki7,454,039 Physiology and Biophysics Method of Performing Shape Localization

Eric Boder, Michele Kieke, David Kranz, Karl Dane Wittrup

7,465,787L

Biochemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr, Chemistry

Yeast Cell Surface Display of Proteins and Uses Thereof

Zhi-Pei Liang7,466,131 System and Method for Designing Multi-Channel RF Pulses for MR Imaging

Steve Granick, Svetlana Sukhishvili7,470,449 Materials Science & Engr Polymer Films

Kuo-Feng (Kevin) Chen, James Eden, Nels Ostrom, Sung-Jin Park

7,477,017L

Electrical & Computer EngrAC-Excited Microcavity Discharge Device and Method

Ian Block, Leo Li-Ying Chan, Brian Cunningham

7,479,404O

Electrical & Computer Engr, Institute for Genomic Biology

Photonic Crystal Biosensor Structure and Fabrication Method

Munir Cheryan7,481,890 Food Sci & Human Nutrition Corn Oil and Dextrose Extraction Apparatus and Method


12FY2009



Hyungsoo Choi7,507,390 Organometallic Compounds andtheir use as Precursors for FormingFilms and Powders of Metal or MetalDerivatives

Jack Chen, Jonathan Engel, Chang Liu7,509,869 Beckman Institute, CoordinatedScience Lab, Electrical &Computer Engr

Microfabricated Pressure and ShearStress Sensors

Beckman Institute, Electrical &Computer Engr

James Eden, Sung-O Kim7,511,426L

Electrical & Computer EngrMicroplasma Devices Excited by Interdigitated Electrodes

Robert Hornbaker, VolodymyrKindratenko, David Pointer

7,511,618 Agricultural & ConsumerEcon, National Center forSupercomputing Applications

System for Tracking Grain

Francois Callias, Steven Franke,Douglas Jones, Jeffrey Larsen, CristaMalick, Mitesh Parikh, Qi Xie

7,512,448L

Beckman Institute, Electrical & Computer Engr

Systems, Devices, and Methods ofWireless Intrabody Communication

Jack Chen, Jonathan Engel, Chang Liu7,516,671 Electrical & Computer EngrSensor Chip and Apparatus for Tactile and/or Flow Sensing

Dahl-Young Khang, John Rogers,Yugang Sun

7,521,292L

Beckman Institute, Chemistry, Materials Science & Engr

Stretchable Form of Single CrystalSilicon for High PerformanceElectronics on Rubber Substrates


James Eden, Sung-Jin Park 7,482,750L

Electrical & Computer EngrPlasma Extraction Microcavity Plasma Device and Method

Jennifer Bernhard, Susan Hagness, Gregory Huff, Debra Hsieh, Gregory Pickrell

7,482,969 Engineering Admin Material Movement Sensing Techniques

Juewen Liu, Yi Lu7,485,419L

ChemistryBiosensors Based On Directed Assembly Of Particles

Daniel Pack, Joshua Ramsey, Halong Vu7,485,446 Chemical & Biomolecular Engr

Stable Retrovirus and Methods of Use

Nannan Chen, Chen Liu7,501,069 Beckman Institute, Electrical& Computer Engr, Micro andNanotechnology Lab

Flexible Structures for Sensors and Electronics

Jian Ku Shang, Pinggui Wu, Rongcai Xie7,521,394 Materials Science & EngrNanoparticles Containing Titanium Oxide

Chang Liu, Xuefeng Wang7,523,650 Beckman Institute, Electrical& Computer Engr, Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)

Multifunctional Probe Array System

Richard DeVor, Andrew Honegger, ShivKapoor

7,524,152L

Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)

Three-Axis Micro- and Meso-ScaleMachining Apparatus

13FY2009



Alan Craig, Kalev Leetaru7,555,472 Identifying Conceptual Gaps in aKnowledge Base

National Center forSupercomputing Applications


Enrico Gratton, Guido Motolese, Abdel Tahari

7,528,384L

PhysicsMethods and Devices for Characterizing Particles in Clear and Turbid Media

Darren Alman, Brian Jurczyk, MartinNeumann, Huatan Qiu, David Ruzic

7,528,386O

Nuclear, Plasma, & Rad Engr

Submicron Particle Removal

Charles Choi, Brian Cunningham7,531,786 Electrical & Computer Engr,Mechanical Science andEngineering

Photonic Crystal Sensors with IntegratedFluid Containment Structure

Juewen Liu, Yi Lu7,534,560L

ChemistrySimple Catalytic DNA Biosensors for IONS Based on Color Changes

Richard Chan, Milton Feng, Nick Holonyak, Gabriel Walter

7,535,034L

Coordinated Science Lab,Electrical & Computer Engr

PNP Light Emitting Transistor and Method

Thomas Huang, Ziyou Xiong, Makoto Yoshida

7,548,637 Beckman Institute, Electrical & Computer Engr

Method for Detecting Objects in an Im-age Using Pair-Wise Pixel Discriminative Features

Raven Huang, XianJun Liu7,550,442 BiochemistryNucleoside Analog Inhibitors of Reverse Transcriptase

Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, Bin He,Zhen Zhang

7,552,116L

College of Engineering,Computer Science

Method and System for ExtractingWEB Query Interfaces

14FY2009

START-UPS

Urbana

Tolerogenics is exploring treatments to reverse the spread of autoimmune disease through GM-CSF, which prevents the full maturation of dendritic cells that induce an autoimmune response in T cells. Tolerogenics was founded by Bellur Prabhakar, Ph.D., head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mark Holterman, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Pediatric Surgery, and Matthew Meriggioli, M.D., Director of Neuromuscular Disease.

Tolerogenics

Autonomic Materials, Inc.

Eden Park Illumination

Eden Park Illumination, co-founded by Professor Gary Eden and Associate Professor Sung-Jin Park of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is commercializing Microcavity Plasma “microplasma” lighting technology. This platform technology is a new light source innovation, and offers unique advantages over both traditional light sources, such as incandescent and fluorescent, and the newer lighting technologies light emitting diodes “LED” and organic light emitting diodes “OLED”.

http://www.edenpark.com

Cazoodle

Cazoodle Inc., co-founded by Professor Kevin C. Chang and his research team in the Department of Computer Science, provides software and internet services for Web search, integration, and mining, with a central objective to "deepen" search on the Web to access the vast amount of data beyond the reach of current search engines.

http://www.cazoodle.com

Autonomic Materials, founded by Scott White, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and leader of the Autonomous Materials Systems group at the Beckman Institute, is developing self-healing technologies that extend the lifetime of coatings. The technologies can be used in elastomer coatings, thermosetting coatings, and powder coatings, making them useful across a wide range of markets, from marine to aerospace.

http://www.autonomicmaterials.com/

Cbana LaboratoriesCbana Laboratories is commercializing adsorbents and microfluidic and microanalytical devices originally developed by Professors Richard Masel of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Mark Shannon in Mechanical Science Engineering for the capture and analysis of pollutants, drugs and other dangerous materials.

http://www.cbana.com

Surf CanyonSurf Canyon, a start-up located in Oakland, California, has licensed internet search technology co-developed by Computer Science Professor Cheng-Xiang Zhai’s and Surf Canyon’s CEO.

http://www.surfcanyon.com

MC10, Inc.

MC10 Inc. is utilizing technology developed by Professor John Rogers of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering to develop processes and applications that enable high performance electronics to be placed in novel environments and form factors. MC10’s approach transforms traditionally rigid, brittle semiconductors into flexible, stretchable electronics while retaining excellent electrical performance. Stretchable silicon allows for a degree of design freedom capable of expanding the functionality of existing products while providing a platform on which new microelectronic-enabled applications can be developed.

Simplified Data Tracking, Inc.

Simplified Data Tracking offers data management solutions for scientists. Their programs will allow scientists to store, track, and analyze information for transgenic and knockout mouse colonies, cell and bacterial storage freezers, plasmid constructs and PCR primers. Their first database solution will be Mouse Colony, a program for the management of transgenic animal colonies. Simplified Data Tracking was founded by Professor Oscar Colamonici of the College of Medicine.

http://simplifieddatatracking.com

Chicago

15FY2009

UrbanaCONTACTS

Office of Technology ManagementUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ceramics Building, 3rd Floor • 105 S. Goodwin AvenueUrbana, IL 61802 • 217.333.7862 • [email protected]://www.otm.illinois.edu

DirectorLesley Millar217.333.6807; [email protected]

Associate DirectorDelphine Kranz217.333.6807; [email protected]

Assistant Director, Marketing/Senior Technology ManagerSteven Wille217.244.5956; [email protected](also Assistant Director of Marketing for Chicago OTM)

Senior Technology ManagersDavid Washburn217.265.0778; [email protected]

Mark Kaczor217.265.0548; [email protected]

Technology ManagerJonathan Ho217.244.1275; [email protected]

Associate Technolgy ManagersEmily Wee217.333.7198; [email protected]

Nathan Hoffmann217.244.4747; [email protected]

Professional Staff

Office Support Associate Heather BakerSenior Manager of Information Mike BohlmannSenior Patent Coordinator Bill ColburnBusiness Manager Todd CreasonPatent Coordinator Brad EdwardsPatent Office Manager Tracy HunterAccount Technician Jane LunaMarketing Communication Specialist Nicole NairParalegal-Compliance Coordinator Jane ReidOffice Administrator Billie ScalesChief Clerk Liz SchleefLegal Office Manager Donna Wilm

Legal support provided by Karen Etheridge through the Office of University Counsel

Student Interns

Dua, PuneitHammond, AnneHartwell, GingerHodnett, MichaelHughley, Jonathan CJanovick, Nicole A

Pierre, ZakiahRamakrishnan, SarathSodhi, RajinderTamosaitis, Peter JUhl, Sylvia

ChicagoOffice of Technology ManagementUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

1853 West Polk Street, Suite 446 • Chicago, IL 60612p: 312.996.7018 • f: 312.996.1995 • [email protected]://www.otm.uic.edu

DirectorNancy Sullivan312.996.7018; [email protected]

Associate DirectorConnie M. Cleary312.996.0447; [email protected]

Technology ManagersColin James312.996.7779; [email protected]

Mark Krivchenia312.996.6626; [email protected]

Shayan Sartipi312.996.1595; [email protected]

Shrijay Vijayan312.996.4129; [email protected]

Technology Transfer CoordinatorJustyna Ciegotura312.996.2602; [email protected]

Professional Staff

IT Technical Associate Alex EsparzaProject Coordinator Colleen GlascottLegal Coordinator Rachel Hodges-SpitsbergProject Specialist Mike IsaacBusiness & Policy Coordinator Nichole LynchProject Specialist Claudia Gatch ManailaPatent Coordinator Jeff Norgle

Legal support provided by Donna Williamson through the Office of University Counsel

Student Interns

Abbas, AshrafBardhan, IshitaCarr, MichaelDas, KohinoorGupta, Ravi

www.innovations.uillinois.edu

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