Celebrating the Entrepreneurial and Innovative UK Community!

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APRIL 2019

CELEBRATING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATIVE UK COMMUNITY

The University of Kentucky has a great entrepreneurial and innovative community, and two events celebrated this spirit on March 26.

The Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) in partnership with the UK Alumni Association and UK Philanthropy hosted the inaugural UK Entrepreneur Showcase.

Following the showcase, OTC hosted our third annual "Patent Palooza!" to celebrate innovations that occurred during fiscal year 2017-2018.

OTC JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Senior Associate Director

Intellectual Property Development

OTC is seeking a senior associate director, Intellectual Property Development. The position is responsible for managing invention disclosures, invention market assessments, patent protection strategy & IP portfolio management components.

APPLY

New Ventures Manager

OTC is seeking a New Ventures manager to lead the downtown Lexington Co.Create extension office. This position will work with and support entrepreneurs, startup companies, partners, and related stakeholders.

APPLY

OTC STAFF UPDATES

Sabrina Darnell, coordinator of Intellectual Property/Compliance, is a member of the following Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) committee/courses: Finance Committee, Agreement Compliance Course, Compliance Course, and TOOLS Course.

Eric Hartman, associate director of New Ventures and director of Co.Create, presented on corporate structures to Scholars in Engineering and Management (SEAM) students.

OTC IN ACTION!

OTC partnered with the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) to host the "1-Minute Poster Pitch Competition" and OTC also hosted an informational table at the 14th Annual UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Spring Conference.

We appreciate the efforts of all the participants and congratulate the winners.

1st Place: Vrushali Angadi (Prize: $500)

2nd Place: Lindsey Hammerslag (Prize: $250)

3rd Place: Ken Brouwer (Prize: $150)

Judge's Award: James Drury ($100)

DID YOU KNOW?

BY THE NUMBERS

March 2019

World Intellectual Property Day is Friday, April 26 and the theme is Reach for Gold: IP and Sports

Stop by the Office of Technology Commercialization between 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in A107, ASTeCC Building to learn more about World IP Day, IP and Sports, and OTC services. Meet the staff and enjoy some refreshments.

UK IP LICENSING DEALS

Carbon Science Solutions, LLC

Stephen Lipka, Christopher R. Swartz

(formerly CAER),

Hera BioLabs

B. Mark Evers

(College of Medicine)

Kentucky Specialty Grains, LLC

David Hildebrand, Timothy Phillips

(Plant & Soil Sciences)

Pangloss Films, LLC

James Griffioen (Computer Science), Seth Parker (Campus Recreation & Wellness)

ISSUED PATENTS

10,238,436

Steven J. Lawrence

(formerly College of Medicine)

ATOMWISE'S AIMS AWARDS PROGRAM

The AIMS awards program provides academic and non-profit researchers with support for early-stage drug development. This program provides free in silico screening of protein targets, free compounds of top predicted hits, and up to $30K to subsidize assay work for some of their premium awards.

Deadline for this round is April 29th.