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Tech Launch Arizona Tech Transfer Arizona. David Allen, PhD, VP Tech Launch Arizona Rakhi Gibbons, Asst. Director for Biomedical and Life Sciences Licensing. Securing, protecting and licensing Univerity employee created intellectual property Embed licensing managers
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Tech Launch ArizonaTech Transfer Arizona David Allen, PhD, VP Tech Launch Arizona Rakhi Gibbons, Asst. Director for Biomedical and Life Sciences Licensing
Securing, protecting and licensing Univerity employee created intellectual property • Embed licensing managers • Many procedural and process changes • Business domain experts advise on emerging technologies • Proof of Concept (POC) and Commercial Feasibility (CFS) Programs • Build strategic large consequence relationships between the UA and companies • Promote an infrastructure for such relationships • Leverage space to help UA research and development thrive • Specific programs of interaction and company engagement w/ UA
Leveraging External Domain Experts Invention Disclosed and Initial Assessment • Evaluation, Strategy & • Enterprise Creation Participants Inventor Market Assessment, POC & Start-up Projects Wheelhouse Managers Patent Filing Local Domain Experts
Wheelhouse Arizona, Year 1 Stats (1/1 2013 – 12/31, 2013) Third Nanotechnology International Forum
College of Medicine Startup Pipeline • Avery Therapeutics • Coronado Technologies • Proneurogen • PolyNova • ThinkSpace
Outreach Efforts • Idea to Asset Seminars – March 3rd • IP Workshops – started Feb. 13th • Review of funded grants • Departmental Meetings • Dean’s Research Council • Strategic Plan Metrics and Goals • Participation in council committees for 4 Research Areas • Targeted one-on-one faculty meetings
Expertise & Collaborative TLA Team • Betsey Wagener, PhD – College of Medicine Embed • Amy Phillips, PhD – College of Optical Science • Paul Eynott, PhD MBA – College of Science • Tod McCauley, PhD – College of Agriculture & Life Sciences • Lewis Humphreys – Eller College of Business
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