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AUTM Presentation - Taltech

AUTM Presentation - Taltech. John Fraser AUTM, Immediate Past-President Executive Director, Commercialization Florida State University. What is AUTM?.

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AUTM Presentation - Taltech

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  1. AUTM Presentation - Taltech John Fraser AUTM, Immediate Past-President Executive Director, Commercialization Florida State University

  2. What is AUTM? • The professional association that brings together 3500 technology transfer professionals in more than 30 countries to define, develop and promote leadership excellence in academic technology transfer • 66% are employed in academic technology transfer offices. 33% are in corporations, service businesses or government. • 80% reside in the US, 9% in Canada and 11% in other countries. • 2050 attendees at AGM in San Fran from 36 countries

  3. What do we do ? We impact the economy by partnering with the private sector to develop products that save lives, improve the quality of life and increase productivity and competitiveness.

  4. The real Mission To enhance the reputation of our institution by helping them achieve their goals of education research and community service by facilitating research partnerships with the private sector to the long term benefit of all. Build the research base ! The strategy is to assist development of products which save lives, improve the quality of life and enhance productivity and global competitiveness.

  5. I will talk about: What we do. and How well we do it. Outcomes, not inputs and outputs.

  6. Sequential model of development and funding

  7. Outcomes: Growing volume of US academic technology transfer • $41 billion in US R&D expenditures (FY’05); • 4,932 new licenses; • 28,349 current active licenses; • 527 new products introduced in the market; • 3,641 new product introductions in last 8 years • 628 new spinout companies; • 5,171 new spinouts since 1980.

  8. Outcomes: Save Lives, Improve the Quality of life and increase Competitiveness and Productivity

  9. Where is the Action ?

  10. The Annual Survey tells: What we do. The Better World Report tells: How well we do it.

  11. AUTM’s Better World Project • Telling the story of the outcomes of technology transfer in human terms • An e-database of stories from Canada, the US, the UK. • A publication (and e-version) with 100 Stories • A publication (and e-version) with 25 case studies highlighting social and economic impact • Of the 125 stories, 20% were products developed by university licensed start-up companies.

  12. Why is AUTM doing this? To communicate the value of academic technology transfer

  13. TPMT: Diagnostic Test to Tailor Drug Dosage to Genetic Profile St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Sponsored Programs Database WesternKentucky Univ. KY Tactical Mobile Power Technology: 10-kilowatt Vehicular Power Source (VPS-10K) Mississippi State Univ. Restasis Univ. of Georgia TN Falconview Georgia Inst. of Technology MS Optigrate Inc. Method of Developing Holograms Univ. of Central Florida AL GA FoodSource Lures Auburn Univ. Chirp Sonar to Locate Underwater Buried Objects Florida Atlantic Univ. FL AU MEDSAuburn Univ. Partners for a Healthy Baby: Home Visiting Curriculum Florida State University Helping Emphysema Victims BreatheAgain Univ. of Florida Underwater In-Situ Mass Spectrometer Univ. of South Florida

  14. Diverse Markets Agriculture 28 Biotechnology 23 Chemical 9 Computer 8 Construction 5 Educational 18 Electronics 23 Environment 9 Food 7 Health Services 12 Information Services 6 Machinery 3 Medical 102 Miscellaneous 29 Pharmaceuticals 57 Software 18 TOTAL 357

  15. Macro Success Factors Innovation Climate (Start-Ups) - treatment of entrepreneurs - financial environment - risk tolerance - liquidity of investments - demographics of country/city Innovation Climate (Existing Companies) - NIH, globalization

  16. From Disclosure to Patent Royalties AUTM Data FY 1991-2000 $200B + Research $2M : 1 disclosure • Commercial potential • Technical advantages • Protectability • Inventor profile 100,000 disclosures (discoveries) Opportunity Assessment (Triage) 50% do not move forward 50,000 Patent Applications (10% lics / 2.5% discl.) License Income (0.5%) 25% 2,500 Start - ups 125 > $1M/year 25,000 Licenses 50% <$10k cum. Positive exit (liquidation)

  17. Gardeners in the Garden with Tools over Time

  18. More information: www.autm.net Jfraser@techtransfer.fsu.edu

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