& Office of Patent Counsel

Intellectual Property Seminar

26 February 2004

Office of Technology Transfer and

Office of Patent Counsel

Patents and Pizza

& Office of Patent Counsel

Agenda

11:00 Welcome

11:05 AUTM Statistics

11:10 Electronic Notebook

11:15 Patent Awards

11:25 Panel Discussion

Q&A to Follow

12:00 Lunch

& Office of Patent Counsel

50

58 56 56 5862

6972 72

7680 81

76

64

44

24

40 41

4853

67

143

126 125 124

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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

AUTM - Average Invention Disclosures

APL- Invention Disclosures

Innovation Output Comparison APL/AUTM Invention Comparison

& Office of Patent Counsel

11

15 15

17 17 17

21

2324

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2324

3 3

0 0 01

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12

16

18

35

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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

AUTM - Average License Agreements

APL License Agreements

Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Technology Licenses

& Office of Patent Counsel

Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Patent Applications

2024 26 29

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30

4249

5560

68 68

8 8 9 712

2213

28 32

108

172

185

216

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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

AUTM - Average Total Patent Applications

APL - Total Patent Applications

26 Regular Patent Applications

56 Regular Patent Applications

& Office of Patent Counsel

Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Issued Patents

11

1312

14

17

20

2223

22

20

10

12

8

65

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54

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10

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22

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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

AUTM - Average US Patents

APL - US Patents

* 9 additional US Patents were allowed and pending issuance

& Office of Patent Counsel

• Inventions 124 518• Licenses 35 81• Total US Patent Applications 216 664• Issued US Patents 22 58• Start-up Companies 3 10• License Income (Millions Received) $2.2 $7.4• Associated R&D (Millions Committed) $0.8 $6.9

Performance Metric 2003 4-Yr Total

APL AUTM Statistics

& Office of Patent Counsel

2003 Performance Metrics Update¹

Performance Metric AUTM Survey2

• Inventions 25th

• Licenses 29th

• Total US Patent Applications 7th

• Issued US Patents 38th

• Start-up Companies 36th

• License Income 49th

• Associated R&D Income 50th

1 Strategic Plan Phase IIa Goal - Top 50 in all metrics achieved2 Where APL would Rank out of 142 Research Universities in the US (94 of top 100)

& Office of Patent Counsel

Electronic Laboratory Notebooks

APL Pilot ProjectCollaboration between

Office of Technology TransferResearch & Technology Development Center

The R.E. Gibson Library and Information Center

& Office of Patent Counsel

A traditional paper notebook has several disadvantages:• Too often the notebook is not maintained, or is

maintained improperly for legal purposes.• Computer-based data must be printed out and

attached to the notebook in paper format.• Data in the notebook is not easily indexed or

searched.• Work in the Laboratory is duplicated and collaborative

opportunities are lost.

Is an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) a viable tool to address any or all of these issues?

Problem Statement

& Office of Patent Counsel

Electronic Laboratory Notebook Pilot Project

Introductory Meeting and Demonstration

March 11, 2004

10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Room 5-154

Contact J. Theodori @x84811 for more information

& Office of Patent Counsel

Patent Awards

Patents and PizzaFebruary 26, 2004

& Office of Patent Counsel

Damped Paddle Wheel for Plasma Chamber Shock Tube

U.S. Patent No. 6,637,255

Leo R. Gauthier, Jr.

Angela L. Wesner-Barrios

David M. VanWie

& Office of Patent Counsel

Low-Pressure ValveU.S. Patent No. 6,647,983

Dexter G. Smith

Michael G. Boyle

Protagoras N. Cutchis

William R. Allmon

& Office of Patent Counsel

Method and Apparatus for Non-Coherent Navigation Using Low Frame Rate Telemetry

U.S. Patent No. 6,650,279

James R. Jensen

Matthew J. Reinhart

Karl B. Fielhauer

John E. Penn

& Office of Patent Counsel

Alertness Monitoring System

U.S. Patent No. 6,661,345

Matthew G. Bevan

Henry A. Kues

Carl V. Nelson

Paul R. Schuster

& Office of Patent Counsel

Optical Method for Quantum Computing

U.S. Patent No. 6,678,450

James D. Franson

& Office of Patent Counsel

Techniques for Distributed Machinery Monitoring

U.S. Patent No. 6,687,654

George A. Smith, Jr.

George S. Peacock

George L. Vojtech, Jr.