pipra uc davis harnessing university research for innovation
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Harnessing University Research for Innovation and Economic Development Alan B. Bennett, Ph.D.
UC Davis – from its roots
Infrastructure to manage existing intellectual property assets (technology transfer office)
Created a culture supporting innovation in the university, in the faculty and graduate students
Developed networks with business development resources – legal, investment and entrepreneurship
University research supports regional and national economic development
The world’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th largest
biotechnology companies are in California.
1,600 companies (1 in 4 founded by UC scientists)
$2.9 B total NIH grants awarded in CA
$15.5 B private research in CA
Public institutions can be a source of innovation, business opportunity and regional/national economic development
What are the requirements • Strong research base
• Legal and policy framework to manage IP
• A culture of innovation
- committed institutional leadership
• Technology transfer infrastructure
• Business development networks
Strong research base
• Climate Change
• Foods for Health
• Energy for the Future
• Stem Cells and Bioethics
• Computational Exploitation of Biological Networks
Investment in new faculty hiring – 70 FTE
Targeted towards strategic educational and economic sectors
Research incentives Professional recognition/advancement Adequate financial support
Public institutions can be a source of innovation, business opportunity and regional/national economic development
What are the requirements • Strong research base
• Legal and policy framework to manage IP
• A culture of innovation
- committed institutional leadership
• Technology transfer infrastructure
• Business development networks
Universities may elect title to inventions developed through Federal funding
Universities must file patents on inventions they elect University must have written agreements with faculty and staff
requiring disclosure and assignment of inventions University must share a portion of revenue with inventors Excess revenue must support research and education Government retains non-exclusive license to the invention Government retains march-in rights Requirement for substantial US manufacture
1. Created clarity about IP ownership 2. Localized licensing of IP near researcher/inventor 3. Created incentives to build technology transfer infrastructure
Bayh-Dole Act – 30 years old
Legal and policy framework
Establishing an IP (intellectual property) policy is necessary for several important reasons.
IP rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and industrial property rights are a
natural outcome of research. Therefore, any public sector institution entering into
research contracts with private sector entities will encounter IP issues.
Remember that it is too late to begin formulating IP policy when negotiations about IP
have already begun. As Lita Nelsen, Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(M.I.T.) Licensing Office, observes, “Although policies will change over time as the program
evolves, the major issues must be decided in advance. Otherwise, a new program is likely
to stall or fail altogether in entangled committee indecision and policy ambiguity.”
UC Patent Policy
Mandatory Invention Disclosure
Inventor Assignment of Title to UC
Distribution of Net Income*
- Inventor Receives 35%
- Campus Research Fund Receives 15%
- Remaining 50% to General Pool at Inventor’s
Campus/Lab
University IP policy can be simple and consistent with the legal framework (Bayh-Dole)
Public institutions can be a source of innovation, business opportunity and regional/national economic development
What are the requirements • Strong research base
• Legal and policy framework to manage IP
• A culture of innovation
- committed institutional leadership
• Technology transfer infrastructure
• Business development networks
“Our mission is education, research, and public service.
Technology transfer is a vehicle that helps us do all three. It boosts
research support. It creates internships and educational opportunities
for our students. It stimulates the regional economy. And hopefully, it
benefits society.” Chancellor Dynes
“California's economic rise is closely tied to the rise of its research
universities. New industries have been invented, new products have been
developed and new medical techniques have been invented to both save
lives and enhance their quality.”
President Atkinson
Building a culture for innovation Leadership counts
Alan Heeger shares Nobel Prize - 2000
Building a culture for innovation High profile examples of success and campus recognition
Alan Heeger founded UNIAX - 1993
Conducting polymers
Public institutions can be a source of innovation, business opportunity and regional/national economic development
What are the requirements • Strong research base
• Legal and policy framework to manage IP
• A culture of innovation
- committed institutional leadership
• Technology transfer infrastructure
• Business development networks
Technology Transfer Services (lawyers and scientists)
Business Development Services (MBAs and entrepreneurs)
Infrastructure to support technology transfer and industry collaborations
Deliberate and strategic IP management to identify best innovative path
Founded 2004
Staff of 18 for a research base of >$500 M
Technology transfer center “clusters”
An infrastructure for technology management
www.iphandbook.org
Licensing Academy Professional training for international technology/IP managers
Representatives from Chile will Attend First Licensing Academy
June 5-17, 2011
Public institutions can be a source of innovation, business opportunity and regional/national economic development
What are the requirements • Strong research base
• Legal and policy framework to manage IP
• A culture of innovation
- committed institutional leadership
• Technology transfer infrastructure
• Business development networks
Supporting Entrepreneurship Networks with business development resources – legal and investment
Industry members Board of Directors to guide effective programs Networking, events, introductions, regional culture
research diversity driving innovation
Celebrex, Vioxx
Soluble expoxide
hydrolase
research diversity driving innovation
Patent portfolio
Thank you Alan B. Bennett, Ph.D. [email protected]