Military Technology Transfer, and fostering Public Private Collaborations

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Military Technology Transfer, and fostering
Public Private Collaborations

• Gary Wang
• SPAWAR Chief Technology Officer
• Dir. Science Technology and Engineering, SSC
  Pacific
• 7 Oct 2009

Distribution Statement
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Agenda

• CTO Introduction
• History - Conflict driven innovation
• American Innovation Winner (video)
• Move to Commercialization and Legislation
• Transfer methods, tools and examples
• Tech Transfer _at_ SSC Pacific
• Intellectual Property stats
• Lab to Market process
• Successes
• Communication methods

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CTO / Director of ST

• Champions innovation, builds value, increases
  intellectual capital
• Contributes to strategic guidance by identifying
  the role specific technologies will play in the
  future growth of the organization
• Forges robust external partnerships with ST
  communities in industry, academia, and government
• Transitions technology into Naval capabilities
  rapidly, affordably and efficiently

Leveraging technology is the key to both force
modernization and transformation to preserve the
decisive U.S. advantage across the range of
military operations. Naval Transformation Roadmap
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Conflict Driven Innovation

• Modern material human existence developed out of
  advances in military technology.
• Aviation - Many of the early developers of
  heavier-than-air flight looked to militaries for
  uses and funding for their inventions before the
  plans left the drawing board. The airplanes used
  for barnstorming and the earliest regular airmail
  service were World War I military surplus planes.

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Conflict Driven Innovation

• Microwave - Magnetrons, were used to generate the
  microwave radio signals that are the core
  mechanism of RADAR. A chocolate bar in Percy
  Spencers pocket melted while standing in front
  of an operating magnetron. He then tested popcorn
  in front of the magnetron (surely turning up the
  power and standing out of the beam), and it
  quickly popped all over the room

The Radarange weighed 340 kg. It was water-cooled
and consumed 3000 watts, about three times as
much as modern microwave ovens. The costing was
about 5000 each.
VIDEO
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Move to Commercialization

• While Government research is a vital source of
  innovation, how can government agencies intensify
  the use of that innovation to become an active
  partner in economic development?
• The culture of government research enables
  innovation, but does not motivate technology
  commercialization.
• Since the 1970s there has been a strong drive for
  government agencies to participate more
  aggressively in technology transfer. Govt
  regulations encouraged entrepreneurial start-ups
  to make use of their knowledge base.

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Technology Transfer (T2) Legislation

• Congressionally enacted technology transfer
  mechanisms and incentives.
• The bidirectional sharing between federal
  laboratories and private industry includes not
  only technologies, but personnel, facilities,
  methods, expertise, and technical information in
  general.
• Stevenson-Wydler Act of 1980 - transfer
  technology to nonfederal parties and provided
  outside organizations
• The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, - established more
  boundaries regarding patents and licenses for
  federally funded research and development
• Innovations Golden Goose, The Economist
• The Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 , all
  federal laboratory scientists and engineers are
  required to consider technology transfer

Technology Transfer refers specifically to
transfers occurring between federal labs and any
nonfederal organization, including private
industry, academia and state and local
governments.
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Methods and Tools for Partnerships

• Education partnership Act Agreements
• Historic Property and Enhanced User Leases
• Partnership Intermediary Agreements
• Facilities Use Agreements
• Title 10 U.S.C. 2539B, Sale of testing services
  outside the DoD
• MilCon Swap
• Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
• Title 15 U.S.C. 3710, Enter cooperative
  agreements outside the DoD
• Work for others
• Title 10 U.S.C. 2563, Sale of Articles
  services outside the DoD
• Licensing
• Title 35 U.S.C. 209, Licensing of Articles
  services outside the DoD

Federal T2 Mechanisms http//www.federallabs.org/
flc/education/t2mech/results
Strategic Partners, Grow Capabilities, Reduce Cost
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Public Private Ventures (PPV) Partnership
Examples

• Lakehurst Hanger 1 leased to Community College in
  return for Repairs.
• Create a business incubator on the post to bring
  companies interested in technology onto the base
  for technology exchange Picatinny Arsenal.
• www.insitech.org
• Conversion of a power plant, and creation of an
  income stream from a data center, power plant and
  laboratories Watervliet
• PPV CNIC Navy Housing Development
• www.housing.navy.mil

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Air Force Institutes

• Purpose
• Environment that brings together individuals from
  government, industry, and academia to form teams
  that rapidly and innovatively solve difficult
  problems of critical interest to the Air Force
  and Department of Defense
• Key Elements
• Short term projects (1 year max)
• Collocated project work areas for government,
  industry, and academia
• Projects have DoD and non-DoD applications

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Government Intellectual PropertyPatent Scorecard
TM
Intellectual Property Today Tammy DAmato
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Commercialization Funding Licensing
VC? Friends/ Family/Fools? Corporate? Federal
Grants?
Research Commercialization FundingDr. Lew
Branscomb, Harvard
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Licensing Results
Research Commercialization FundingDr. Lew
Branscomb, Harvard
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• Activities
• Licensing
• CRADA
• Marketing
• T2 Mission
• Intellectual Property
• Success Stories

Technology Transfer refers specifically to
transfers occurring between federal labs and any
nonfederal organization, including private
industry, academia and state and local
governments.
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Intellectual Property SSC Pacific vs. San Diego
Based Companies
SSC Pacific ranked 6th compared to San Diego
based corporate patent recipients in 2008
Source http//www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/01/2
6/qualcomm-leads-san-diego-patent-filings-in-our-t
op-25-list/ SSC Pacific data added. (Does not
include data from local Universities)
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What is T2 Lab to Market Example
QwikLite Technology
Commercialize
T2 Office
Productize

• New Products (Features)
• New Services
• New Businesses

Patent
Invent
PatentOffice
Research
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SSC Pacific Licensee Distribution
Applied Microsystems, Ltd. Sydney,
British Columbia, Canada
Radiant Images, Inc. Bedford, MA
Metron, Inc. Reston, VA
STI Technologies, Madison, WI
Gemcity Engineering Co, Dayton, OH
Lissom, Inc. Bayville, NJ
Intesys, LLC.
Carlsbad, CA
SSC Development, New York, NY
Assure Controls, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA
Elemental Wireless, LLC. Wilmington, DE
GeneFluidics, Inc.
Monterey Park, CA
Lumedyne Technologies, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Pinon Technologies, Inc. Round Rock, TX
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Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

• An agreement between SSC Pacific and a commercial
  partner under which Collaborative RD can be
  performed
• Invest industry funds/ into the lab
• Further develop and move early stage technologies
  to the commercial/DoD space
• Industry partnerships
• Leads to additional IP and licensing deals in
  many cases

7/31/20099
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SSC Pacific Technologies in the News
Licensing
QwikLite Technology Assure Bioassay Controls
Wins Gold Trophy at Worlds Best Technologies
Showcase
Brad Chisum, CEO Lumedyne Technologies, Inc.
(formerly Omega Sensors, Inc.) rings the opening
bell on NASDAQ, August 2007
San Diego Union-TribunePage 1 Business Section
7/31/20099
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Technology Transfer Activities Technology Broker
Technology Transfer Facebook
Marketing
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Vehicles for accessing Govt. Developed Technology
Commercialization Support

• Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)
• www.federallabs.org/
• Federal T2 Mechanisms http//www.federallabs.org
  /flc/education/t2mech/results
• DoD TechMatch
• www.dodtechmatch.com
• TechLink (DoD and NASA Technologies)
• www.techlinkcenter.org
• Center for Commercialization of Advanced
  Technology
• www.ccatsocal.org

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Community Partner in Innovation

• Technology transfer of Federal research and
  development to industry, state and local
  governments, and academic institutions
• Leaning Forward to Create and Champion a culture
  of Innovation for San Diego
• Navy partnering and collaborating with industry,
  academia and local and state government is an
  important ingredient for our success
• Working together to preserve and grow our ST
  workforce to solve Navy problems and meet future
  requirements

Unleashing entrepreneurial spirit
3/18/2013
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BACKUP
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CCAT Government Technology Spin Out Process
Phase I Transition of Technology to Commercial
Company
Market Validation Study Key Markets ID Key
Licenses ID for Each Market
Identification of Potential License Partner(s)
Government Technology Search
Market Analysis Performed with Potential Licensee
CRADA License Agreement
Phase II Transition of Technology to Commercial
Market Place
Standard CCAT Processes
DoD Market
Customized Support plan created
Product Development
Mentoring Support
Launch Support
Market Studies/ Springboards
Commercial Market