Technology Transfer at UH- Driving Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Dr. Mark S. ClarkeAssociate Vice Chancellor for Technology Transfer, UH SystemAssociate Vice President for Technology Transfer, UH

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VisionTo create a campus culture where innovation, entrepreneurship and value creation are both encouraged and rewarded.

Generate and protect intellectual

property

Build a world class infrastructure conducive of technology

development and commercialization

Foster economic development

through creation of university-based

technology companies and

industrial partnerships

Create value for UH based on IP

portfolio

Mission

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Disclosures, Licenses and Patents

Disclosure Licenses Patents

UH Intellectual Property by Commercial Sectors

Issued Patents: 158 Pending Patents: 212

FY2013

Advanced Materials; 72

Biopharm; 35Biotech; 21

Energy; 28

Medical Devices; 24

Op-tics;

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Software

& Copyright; 27

Advanced Materials; 67

Biopharm; 7

Biotech; 28

Energy; 25

Med-ical De-

vices; 10

Op-tics; 10

Software & Copyright; 11

Commercialization Stage: Market Penetration

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omic

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Endomagnetics(faculty start-up)

C-Voltaics(faculty start-up)

2G-HTS UH Superpower(manufacturing partnership)

Busulfan/Otsuka(mature product)

Vimpat©/UCB(mature product)

Imagination Creativity Innovation Commercialization Scaling Support & Extending

‘Attached’ TechnologiesIndustry Partner Faculty Research

‘Unattached’ TechnologyFaculty Research, Licensing Start-Up

Terrestrial Concentrator PV(industry partnership)

Performance Athlytics (license)

Halcyon Biomedical(faculty start-up, STTR)

Public, No Medical School

Top U.S. Institutions in Technology Commercialization*

*as reported to AUTM 2012^ROI National Ranking

Texas Comparisons

Increased to $16.6M in

FY2013

Institution Name Royalty

RevenueRoyalty Ranking ROI

ROI Ranking^

University of Houston $12,516,955 1 10.8% 1Iowa State University $9,902,357 2 3.4% 4University of Oregon $7,880,204 3 8.9% 2Univesity of Georgia $7,513,547 4 2.1% 5NC State University $6,430,764 5 1.6% 6Rutgers $6,004,284 6 1.3% 9Purdue Research Foundation $4,855,772 7 0.8% 14

Institution Name Royalty Revenue

Royalty Ranking ROI

ROI Ranking^

University of Houston $12,516,955 1 10.8% 1UT System $61,309,587 N/A 2.4% N/ATAMU $13,073,593 N/A 1.9% N/ABaylor College of Medicine $8,026,424 N/A 2.2% N/ARice University $275,509 N/A 0.3% N/AU of North Texas HCC $56,761 N/A 0.1% N/A

Recent Recognitions

2013 ETPN Nanomedicine Award Winner, honoring the best international nanomedicine innovations.

2013 Investor Pitch Winner,a Chapman University business plan competition for students from top entrepreneur programs.

2013 Goradia Innovation Prize,for breakthrough technologies and groundbreaking products.2013 COMS Young Technology Award,for young company in or close to the field of micro/nanotechnology

(*now known as SkinTect)

Blue Start

An NSF technology accelerator program to commercialize NSF-funded inventions created by UH faculty. UH offers an academic class based on the lean start-up model utilized by the NSF I-Corps program. (3 development awards to date).

Exploring licensing opportunities with IPX-identified industry leads. IPX is negotiating a license for UH’s semiconductor resistive memory patent portfolio.

Recent Activities

NSF I-Corps

Joint Venture with a Houston-based, early-stage biomedical investment company to commercialize an MRI-guided robotic surgical system.

University- Private Venture Capital Investment

$25MInvestment

VentureCapital

Partners

Proceeds (royalty, equity, and profits)

Investment($10 M)

Innovation Infrastructure

($15M)

New Companies Based on UH Technology

Further Development in UH Faculty

Lab

(20% Optional)(80% - 100%)

Synergistic Initiatives

Joint effort with Wolff Center for

Entrepreneurship's Undergraduate

Program

Top TWO teams per

year are eligible for

placement at ERP in

Building 4 Incubator

Facility

Residence

National competition

yields visibility for UH IP in the

national investment

market

Recognition

Success in national

competitions generates

“vetted” business

plans and commercial

strategies

Visibility

Develop up to EIGHT separate

technologies, compete in

national competitions

Business Plans

5 WCE students2 COMM students

external entrepreneurial

mentors WCE program

faculty faculty

inventors

The Teams

- 18 technologies presently in the pipe-line

RED Labs

3-day Startup

I-Corps Entrepreneurial Lead

Faculty IP: Inventions and Innovations

Synergistic Initiatives

NSM Students

Optometry Students

Engineering Students

Pharmacy Students

Academic Class based on I-Corps “Lean Startup”

Model

NSF/ARPA-EI-Corps Program

I-Corps Center/Node

Developing the UH

Entrepreneurial Workforce

UH Energy Research Park: Innovation Enterprise

UH Energy Research Park: Strategic Plan

Build

• Build a translational research infrastructure which generates increased federal funding and promotes the creation of additional IP

Location

• Provide a location to capture industry partners to work with our faculty (STTR, SBIR, SRA funding)

Launch Pad

• Provide a “Launch Pad” for students and faculty to commercialize and monetize their IP while creating value for UH

Density

• Create a distinct geographical location with “entrepreneurial density”

National Center for

Airborne Laser

Mapping

Energy-Related Translational Research

Advanced Materials for

Offshore Wind Energy

Turbines

Texas Center for Clean Emissions, Engines & Fuels

Super/SemiconductingTechnology

Building 14A, 15

Building 14B

Building 14A, 15, 9

Building 4

Launch Pad Activities/Start-Ups

Building 3, 9

Building 4, Incubator Facility

Faculty startup, nano-material hydrophobic coating technology

Faculty/student startup based on a novel graphene oxide filtration technology for water purification

Student startup, web portal for adaptive technologies for physically challenged individuals

Faculty/student startup based on rare earth element reclamation from neo-magnets

Medical technology for point-of-care detection of sickle cell anemia in developing nations (in progress)

Building 4, Incubator Facility

Building 4 , 5

Building 4, 5

Halcyon Biomedical

New Companies Under Development

Nikolaos Tsekos, faculty

Luca Pollonini, facultyOXIGINNEDeniz Gurkan, faculty

Yan Yao, faculty

Shay Curran, faculty

Next Steps

Facility Utilization

Prospects

CapitalCollaborative space for

WCE Graduates

Access to Capital• (Strategic Partnerships/Joint Ventures)

General wet lab space for technology development, device fabrication, biotechnology and potential GMP

applications

Building 4

Building 5

• Endomagnetics, Ltd. (faculty start-up, imaging technology)• C-Voltaics (faculty start-up, manufacturing facility)• Halcyon Biomedical (faculty, STTR funded)• Cryosensors, (faculty start-up, MRI imaging technology)

Thank you.