COMMERCIALIZATION CONNECT
JANUARY 2019
PATENT PALOOZA! 2019
Join the Office of Technology Commercialization on March 26, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. for our 3rd annual Patent Palooza!

Patent Palooza! is an event to celebrate the UK Innovation Community and recognizes UK inventors and successful commercialization deals of the previous year.

We are excited this year to present the inaugural Lee T. Todd Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship to Dr. Lee T. Todd.

This event will be held in the Ballroom at the Gatton Student Center
Haven't been to Patent Palooza!? Check out the video below to see what you are missing out on.

The UKAccel program is a wonderful opportunity for inventors to discover if they should turn their intellectual property into a potential startup by offering a professional development and experiential learning opportunity.

The program has graduated the following UK Startups: CEFoundry, Enepret, Kangaroo Keeper, Largus, Open Eddi, and Wild Dog Physics.

Click on the button below to learn more about the program.


OTC STAFF UPDATES
Natasha Jones, commercialization manager, has been appointed to the Certified Licensing Professionals (CLP) Exam Development and Maintenance Committee.
Raja Krishnan is a new member of OTC as part of the Commercialization & Licensing team, and is a commercialization manager focusing on life sciences.

Allison Spurrier is a new member of OTC. She is the executive administrative assistant to the director of OTC. Allison was previously administrative assistant for Radiology at UK.
OTC staff will be participating at the Association for University Technology Managers (AUTM) Annual Meeting in Austin

  • Eric Hartman, associate director, New Ventures, will be co-teaching a course on university startups and speaking on a panel about investing in university technology development
  • Mariam Gorjian, New Ventures manager, will be speaking on a panel on utilizing a mentor network to support university startups
  • Sabrina Darnell, Intellectual Property/Compliance coordinator, will be moderating a Roundtable Discussion - Elevate Your Administrative Professionals: Use Professional Development to Increase Office Function and Efficiency
  • Ian McClure, director, will be speaking on a panel on talent matching to university startups and moderating a panel on technology transfer industry engagement trends
OUT AND ABOUT ON CAMPUS
The OTC has been busy this month doing presentations for the Department of Radiology and the Department of Chemistry faculty, staff, students, and residents. We had great crowds and wonderful participation from both departments.

If you are interested in OTC presenting to your department to learn more about our programs and services, contact us to schedule one.
BY THE NUMBERS
December 2018
UK IP LICENSING DEALS

Advanced Semiconductor Processing Technology, LLC
Zhi David Chen, Ibrahim Yucedag
(Engineering)

Applied Biological Materials, Inc
Zhi David Chen, Ibrahim Yucedag
(Engineering)

CuriosityStream, LLC
Seth Parker, James Griffioen
(Engineering)

Bluegrass Avanced Materials, LLC
J. Zach Hilt, Thomas Dziubla, Rishabh Shad, Shuo Tang
(Engineering)
ISSUED PATENTS

Susan A. Odom, Aman P. Kaur, Corrine F. Elliott, Matthew D. Casselman
(Chemistry)

Matthew C. Weisenberger
(Engineering)
DID YOU KNOW?
The OTC had 126 active license and option agreements at the end of FY 18.
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