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Working with NIST

Working with NIST. Paul Zielinski. Chief, Office of Technology Partnerships. Collaborative Research & Technology Development Programs. Informal Collaboration Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Guest Research Agreements Facility Use Agreements

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Working with NIST

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  1. Working with NIST Paul Zielinski Chief, Office of Technology Partnerships

  2. Collaborative Research & Technology Development Programs • Informal Collaboration • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) • Guest Research Agreements • Facility Use Agreements • Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) • Licensing Agreements

  3. Informal Collaboration and Memorandum of Understanding • Informal Collaboration • Most common form of interaction with university & industry partners • No preferential intellectual property rights – common law • Proprietary information covered by Trade Secrets Act • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) • Typically used to broadly define a collaborative relationship between institutions. • Frequently implemented via subsidiary agreements

  4. Guest Research Agreement • Most common ‘formal’ partnering agreement (about 1500 per year) • Purpose - make NIST facilities available for a limited time to researchers collaborating on R&D projects of mutual interest • Partners • Universities • Industry • Other government agencies • Local/state government • International institutions

  5. Facility Use Agreement • Industry use of designated NIST measurement equipment and facilities • Not competitive with private sector • Equal access • Availability • Cost recovery • Safety • Proprietary • Non-Proprietary

  6. Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) • Defines partners rights • Intellectual property rights. • Potential to protect results from the Freedom of Information Act. • Possible exclusive license without a public process. • Either party may contribute equipment, facilities, personnel, intellectual property - NIST cannot provide funds to the collaborator but partners may provide funds to NIST. • Consortia • Governed by identical agreements with several industry partners • Examples: Gene Expression Metrology; External RNA Control; Fire Resistive Materials for Structural Steel • Material Transfer Agreement

  7. Licensing Agreement • NIST patents are available for licensing • US manufacturing • Exclusive and non-exclusive opportunities • Potential for CRADA • NIST pursues patent protection for a technology when: • The patent may enhance its commercialization or use by industry. • Seeking patent protection is required under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). • Patent protection is needed for other mission related reasons.

  8. Contact Information • www.nist.gov look for “Work with us” • http://patapsco.nist.gov/ts/220/external/index.htm • J. Terry Lynch, CRADA and License Officer 301-975-2691 or email jtlynch@nist.gov • Paul Zielinski, Chief, Office of Technology Partnerships 301-975-4980 or paul.zielinski@nist.gov

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