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National Aeronautics and Space Administration N A S A G o d d a r d S p a c e F l i g h t C e n t e r http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov 1 p r e s e n t e d a t Annual Meeting, Mid-Atlantic Region Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer September 16, 2008 Ted Mecum Technology Manager Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) Office NASA Goddard Space Flight Center New Technology Assessment Making Informed Patenting Decisions NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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p r e s e n t e d a t
Annual Meeting, Mid-Atlantic RegionFederal Laboratory Consortium for Technology TransferSeptember 16, 2008
Ted MecumTechnology Manager Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) OfficeNASA Goddard Space Flight Center
New Technology AssessmentMaking Informed Patenting Decisions
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NTA Players
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Goddard Innovative Partnerships Program OfficeNew Technology Assessment Process Map
IPP – Code 504Start
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IPP Chief
Send out updated spreadsheet to staff 2
weeks prior to next NTA meeting
Post NTA mtg w/ IPP Marketing & OPC to
review notes
Post NTA mtg w/ IPP Marketing & New
Technology Reporting Assistant to review
actions
Glossary of Acronyms/Terms:
TM – Technology Manager IPP Chief – Innovative Partnerships Program Office ChiefNTR – New Technology Report NTA – New Technology AssessmentOPC- Office of Patent Counsel LE- Large Entity
Revised MJ 2-4-08
TM Review new and open cases
New Technology Reporting Assistant
OPC
Technology Transfer Support
Assistant
Follow up with Non- Provisional or
Provisional patents as recommended
Update TechTracS with notes and actions from recommendations
Post NTA mtg w/ OPC & New Technology
Reporting Assistant to review actions
Concur IPP/ Patent recommendations
IP recommendations
Stat bar?
open case- 2 Year hold
Y
N Y
N
Assign new case to TM
Pursue patentInactivate case
Implement passive marketing
Inactivate
Fuentek
Pursue protection Assessment
Provide assessment
Final recommendation
Small Business2yr Hold?
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Y
Small Business
Hold?
Resolve IP issues
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LE?
N N
LE waiver?
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Y
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Stages of NTA
• Determine disclosure
• Determine ownership
• Screen technology
• Recommend strategy/next steps
• Implement recommendations
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Disclosure Status
• Has a stat bar been triggered?– Public disclosure starts 1-year clock for filing
non-provisional patent application– Precludes international patent protection
• OPC validates stat bar and patentability– Extent of disclosure– Consider filing provisional patent application
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Ownership
• Civil Servant Only– NASA (government) owns
• Co-Owned– Negotiate joint-ownership agreements
• Contractor owned– Small Business or College/University
• Can take 2 years to decide whether to retain or waive ownership rights
– Large Entity• Can request that government waive its
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Screen
• Preliminary evaluation of technology against set criteria– IP strength– Market size, structure, significance– Tech’s level of development– Comparison to state of the art/competition– Ease of implementation– Time-to-market considerations
• Consider strategic value of tech for NASA
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Recommendations
• Inactivate– Lack of NASA ownership– Insufficient current or future commercial
potential and/or strategic value
• Pursue IP protection (patent)– Value is obvious (non-provisional)– Value is highly likely (provisional)– OPC confirms recommendation
• Assess– More information needed to make patenting
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Assessment: What and Why
• What it is– In-depth evaluation against key factors
• Commercialization potential• IP protection possibilities• Market factors
• Why we do it– To validate and verify technology’s potential
for licensing
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Implement Recommendations
• Patenting recommendation confirmed at NTA
• OPC files patent application
• Marketing– Passive: TT support/assistant submits
technology to databases– Active: TM pursues potential licensees,
developing and negotiating agreements as needed
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Summary
• Ownership and patentability are key questions that should be answered first
• Screening is a low-resource effort to guide future high-resource efforts– Assessment offers more “precision” in making
the patenting decision
• Quality tracking and information management systems are essential (TechTracS)
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Thank You!
• Ted MecumTechnology ManagerInnovative Partnerships Program OfficeNASA Goddard Space Flight Center(301) [email protected]://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov
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