Follow-Up on the Crystal Clear Collaboration Agreement H. Hillemanns May, 22 nd 2007

Technology Transfer 2 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 History The Crystal Clear Collaboration structure dates back to Jan Objective: Cooperation for the development of inorganic scintillators for photon and electron detection for HEP and bio medical imaging applications such as PET & SPECT, including the development photo detectors, readout electronics, optical and mechanical assemblies and software. Activities: At the Collaboration level:  Generic R&D in institutions At the CCC member level (with one or more members, and possibly third parties):  Setup of projects for the exploitation of Collaboration Results and for further developments when necessary Current situations: 2 projects (ClearPET & ClearPEM)

Technology Transfer 3 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 CCC: current IP issues Restricted access of industrial partner to the IP of a CCC member. Transfer of IP ownership to industrial partner, party to the development of a medical imaging prototype is excluded under the present agreement. No access restriction of CCC members to IP generated by industrial partner, party to the development of a medical imaging prototype. No access restriction of CCC members to pre-existing IP of a non-CCC member, party to a core R&D project or to a prototype development project. No access restriction of CCC members to results of a non-CCC member party to a core R&D project or to a prototype development project. Current revenue distribution scheme is on a pro-rata contribution of CCC members to the Collaboration, irrespective of their effective contribution to the medical imaging prototype that generated the same.

Technology Transfer 4 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 Purpose of the new framework (1) Freedom to research and wide dissemination of results (2) Recognition and IP asset for academic partners (3) Attractiveness for (industrial) partners (4) Access to public funds (5) Effective and fair management of financial return

Technology Transfer 5 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 Proposed Structure A 4-layer structure reflecting different types of interests: Collaboration Core Technology Development Projects (CTP) Product Development Projects (PDP) Product Industrialization (When industry partner to PDP does not commercialize product directly; outside the model) clear separation of academic and industrial interests to facilitate wide dissemination (purpose 1) IP (identification, ownership, access and protection) defined at each level (purpose 2, 3, 4 and 5) Terminology Core technology project: aims at developing technology which is not product-specific. Product development project: geared towards the development of specific product, with involvement from industry – might be using previously developed generic technology(ies).

Technology Transfer 6 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 Proposed structure for the Crystal Clear Collaboration – overview of scenarios CCC Core Technology Project 1 Core Technology Project 2 Core Technology Project 3 Product Development Project 2 Product Development Project 1 Commercial exploitation Commercial exploitation Commercial exploitation Product Industriali- zation Product Industriali- zation Product Development Project 3 Commercial exploitation Commercial exploitation Product Industriali- zation Collaboration Groups of partners for specific purpose Industrialization [no CCC member] Commercialization IP flow Result Industry involvement CTP PDP Ind. Commercial ex.

Technology Transfer 7 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 Revenue Distribution Relative return to each party can be determined on the basis of: Financial contributions to the CTP; Pre-existing IP contributions to the CTP. The distribution scheme can be renegotiated on completion of CTP (in particular when results in PDP) Steps to take pre-CTP stage: Define pre-existing IP required for the CTP and its ownership Define sharing of revenue for jointly owned pre-existing IP Steps to take at CTP stage: Define ownership of CTP Results Define sharing of revenue for jointly owned CTP Results Define relative importance of Results compared to pre-existing IP Define relative importance of Results (for license to PDP) Steps to take pre-PDP stage: Determine CTP Results required for the PDP and their ownership Define ownership of PDP Results Define relative importance of CTP Results compared to PDP Results

Technology Transfer 8 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 Current Status Consolidation of IP frameworkOk Elaboration of HoT for: Collaboration agreement ClearPEM-Sonic (PDP) Ok in progress Presentation of HoT collaboration agreement to CCC steering committee Ok Elaboration of collaboration agreementIn progress Elaboration of ClearPEM-Sonic agreementTo do

Technology Transfer 9 Internal TT Network Meeting May 22nd 2007 Lessons Learned and Future Outlook Collaborations are more and more complex Many different interests and agendas Different funding schemes, different success criteria IP consideration at the beginning of projects/collaborations Early consideration of potential industrial interests Later application to other collaborations