& Office of Patent Counsel Intellectual Property Seminar 26 February 2004 Office of Technology Transfer and Office of Patent Counsel Patents and Pizza

& Office of Patent Counsel Agenda 11:00Welcome 11:05AUTM Statistics 11:10Electronic Notebook 11:15Patent Awards 11:25Panel Discussion Q&A to Follow 12:00Lunch

& Office of Patent Counsel Innovation Output Comparison APL/AUTM Invention Comparison

& Office of Patent Counsel Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Technology Licenses

& Office of Patent Counsel Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Patent Applications

& Office of Patent Counsel Innovation Outcome Comparison APL/AUTM Issued Patents

& Office of Patent Counsel Inventions Licenses Total US Patent Applications Issued US Patents Start-up Companies 3 10 License Income (Millions Received) $2.2$7.4 Associated R&D (Millions Committed) $0.8$6.9 Performance Metric Yr Total APL AUTM Statistics

& Office of Patent Counsel 2003 Performance Metrics Update¹ Performance Metric AUTM Survey 2 Inventions25 th Licenses 29 th Total US Patent Applications 7 th Issued US Patents38 th Start-up Companies36 th License Income 49 th Associated R&D Income50 th 1 Strategic Plan Phase IIa Goal - Top 50 in all metrics achieved 2 Where APL would Rank out of 142 Research Universities in the US (94 of top 100)

& Office of Patent Counsel Electronic Laboratory Notebooks APL Pilot Project Collaboration between Office of Technology Transfer Research & Technology Development Center The R.E. Gibson Library and Information Center

& Office of Patent Counsel A traditional paper notebook has several disadvantages: Too often the notebook is not maintained, or is maintained improperly for legal purposes. Computer-based data must be printed out and attached to the notebook in paper format. Data in the notebook is not easily indexed or searched. Work in the Laboratory is duplicated and collaborative opportunities are lost. Is an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) a viable tool to address any or all of these issues? Problem Statement

& Office of Patent Counsel Electronic Laboratory Notebook Pilot Project Introductory Meeting and Demonstration March 11, a.m. – 11 a.m. Room Contact J. for more information

& Office of Patent Counsel Patent Awards Patents and Pizza February 26, 2004

& Office of Patent Counsel Damped Paddle Wheel for Plasma Chamber Shock Tube U.S. Patent No. 6,637,255 Leo R. Gauthier, Jr. Angela L. Wesner-Barrios David M. VanWie

& Office of Patent Counsel Low-Pressure Valve U.S. Patent No. 6,647,983 Dexter G. Smith Michael G. Boyle Protagoras N. Cutchis William R. Allmon

& Office of Patent Counsel Method and Apparatus for Non-Coherent Navigation Using Low Frame Rate Telemetry U.S. Patent No. 6,650,279 James R. Jensen Matthew J. Reinhart Karl B. Fielhauer John E. Penn

& Office of Patent Counsel Alertness Monitoring System U.S. Patent No. 6,661,345 Matthew G. Bevan Henry A. Kues Carl V. Nelson Paul R. Schuster

& Office of Patent Counsel Optical Method for Quantum Computing U.S. Patent No. 6,678,450 James D. Franson

& Office of Patent Counsel Techniques for Distributed Machinery Monitoring U.S. Patent No. 6,687,654 George A. Smith, Jr. George S. Peacock George L. Vojtech, Jr.