THE RESIDENT AFFILIATE PROGRAM IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Mark Coticchia Vice President for Research and Technology Management

Our university About our region

Our university Research: $400 million/yr. Endowment: $1.9 billion Operating budget: $853 million/yr. Enrollment: 9,800+ students Advanced degrees: 5,600 All 50 states & 77 nations Economic impact: $1billion/yr. About Case

CWRU Research & Technology Transfer Office About Case – our office Results – since FY 2002: Generated $51M in revenue on $12M in operating expenses – a 4.25X ROI Ranked in top-10 nationally; number one in Ohio $130M invested in CWRU spin-offs in 2007 Equity holding in all CWRU spin-offs is $5.6M Have grown from 3 VC’s to more than 25 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Resident Affiliate Program About Case – our office Program developed early 2008 Mission: recruit technology transfer professionals worldwide Learn more about commercializing in non-U.S. markets Share knowledge

Resident Affiliate Program About Case – our office Work side-by-side “Win-Win” Opportunity Ideal candidates

Resident Affiliate Program About Case – our office Participation in meetings, public courses Receive course recommendations

Resident Affiliate Program About Case – our office Unpaid residency; obligation for travel and living expenses No fee to participate in the program Office space, equipment, general office resources Project schedule and timetable

Resident Affiliate Program About Case – our office Individualized program Participants from all over the world Celebrate similarities and differences

Our First Resident Affiliate About Case – our office Our first Resident Affiliate: Andrea Frosini University of Siena, Italy Biomedical analyst and patent specialist; tech transfer manager Development engineer M.S. degree, University of Florence; Ph.D., University of Milan Focus on molecular biology and bioinformatics Andrea Frosini First Resident Affiliate Technology Transfer

Our First Resident Affiliate About Case – our office Lessons learned and taught by Andrea Frosini Learned: Need for solid organizational structure Importance of tracking tech transfer processes First conversations with researchers Disclosure of inventions Commercial licensing agreementsTaught: Non-U.S. patents Non-U.S. processes We are different…and the same Global networking Andrea Frosini First Resident Affiliate Technology Transfer

Contact Technology Transfer at Case Technology Transfer at Case: Technology Transfer Office Case Western Reserve University Euclid Avenue, Sears Building, 6th Floor Cleveland, OH