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IPIRA August 2013 Newsletter
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The academic year has begun and the campus is abuzz with activity, including those in the area of translational research and tech transfer. Invention disclosure rates are markedly higher, and corporate sponsored research continues to increase both in volume and breadth, including a marked increase in relationships in China, Singapore and the Philippines.
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On the entrepreneurship front a recent article, "Which Universities Produce the Most Successful Startup Founders" cast Berkeley in a favorable light and confirmed what we have long known, that our faculty and students are stellar! On a related note, the Industry Alliances Office is now handling SBIR/STTR contracts and on October 3 (see below) the first of a series of workshops will teach you how to submit a winning proposal for SBIR/STTR funding, a valuable source of non dilutive funding. We look forward to seeing you at our next event, Carol Mimura, Assistant Vice Chancellor, IPIRA In This Issue Berkeley Technologies Available for License Physcial Sciences Technologies Life Sciences Technologies Recently Issued Patents Campus Events QB3 Fall SBIR Workshop NSF SBIR/STTR Workshop: Mastering the Culture (Free Event) Save the Date: Sponsored Projects from Start to Finish Pitch Events – Call for Entrepreneurs BERC / Stanford Energy / Future Energy Pitch Event Present Your Company at Bay Area Capital Connections Conference VI Apply for Lean Launchpad Accelerator Program Fellowship and Award Opportunities Funding Opportunities
Berkeley Technologies Available for License
Meet Our Team IP & INDUSTRY RESEARCH ALLIANCES (IPIRA) Carol Mimura – AVC Ophelia Yeung – Marketing & BD TECHNOLOGY LICENSING (OTL) Michael Cohen – Physical Sciences Curt Theisen – Physical Sciences Marc Oettinger – Physical Sciences Irvin Mettler – Life Sciences Javed Afzal – Life Sciences Kathleen McCowin – Patent Drafting Richard Harris – Licensing Specialist Greg Morgan – Licensing Specialist Kathy Berson – Licensing Specialist INDUSTRY ALLIANCES (IAO) Eric Giegerich – Director Lynne Hollyer – Contract Mgmt Kevin Christopher – Contract Mgmt Leah Pierson – Contract Mgmt Kate Lewis – Contract Mgmt Anissa Jones – Contract Specialis
PHYSICAL SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES
Improved Condensation Technology 2013096 Patent pending A surface with alternating hydrophilichydrophobic patterning that promotes dual and simultaneous modes of condensation... read more Applications – power plants, desalination plants, chillers and heat exchangers Licensing Manager – Michael Cohen MetalOrganic Framework For Separating Paraffin Isomers 2013046 Patent pending Metalorganic framework featuring sharply angled pore walls not encountered in zeolites and capable of fractionating alkane isomers according to the degree of branching... read more Applications – refineries, nhexane separation Licensing Manager – Michael Cohen
Programmable PhotoActuators And Motors Based On Carbon Nanotubes With Tuned Chirality Distributions 2013167 Tunable, highperformance chromatic actuators based on specialized polymer/singlewalled carbon nanotube (SWNT) materials... read more Applications – motors, microfluidic valves, building efficiency, sensors Licensing Manager – Marc Oettinger
Electromagnetism Proof Memory 2013055 Single material magnetoresistive universal memory insensitive to external electromagnetic perturbation... read more Applications – military, aerospace, credit cards, access cards, electronic keys and passports Licensing Manager – Kathleen McCowin
LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES
Cryoelectric Systems and Methods for Treatment of Biological Matter 2008036 International patent published WO/2012/135786, additional patent pending The invention directs freezing and electric fields on biological matter to ablate cellular membranes without affecting the extracellular matrix... read more Applications – minimally invasive surgeries, cancer therapies Licensing Manager – Marc Oettinger
Digital Separation for OneStep HIV Viral Load Monitoring 2013143 Onsite onestep quantitative molecular diagnostics with ability to detect HIV viral load in whole blood. Readout signal can be quantified by smart phone... [tech brief distributed upon request] Applications – portable microfluidic platforms for quantitative nucleic acid amplification, low cost HIV monitoring Licensing Manager – Curt Theisen
Patterned Templates for Electrospinning of Polymer Micro/Nanofibrous Scaffolds with Controllable Structures with Application in Tissue 2013166 Technology to control fiber deposition in electrospinning using patterned unique template platforms and microfabrication means with desirable early results... read more Applications – tissue engineering, cell engineering, drug delivery, smart textiles Licensing Manager – Marc Oettinger
24 Hr Blood Glucose Sensor 2014027 Device is truly painfree similar to wearing a bandage through the use of a patented microneedle interface at disruptively low production cost... read more Applications – type II diabetes diagnosis and monitoring, testing of low concentration blood analytes
Licensing Manager – Kathleen McCowin
RECENLY ISSUED PATENTS
Synthetic cell platforms and methods of use thereof – 8,501,905 | tech brief Inventors – David V. Schaffer, et al. Applications – identification of bioactive ligands, regenerative medicine Licensing Manager – Irvin Mettler Plasmon lasers at deep subwavelength scale – 8,509,276 | WO 2012/015990 | tech brief Inventors – Xiang Zhang, et al. Applications – ulta fast data routing, high precision surgical cutting, optical sensing, biohazard detection Licensing Manager – Curt Theisen
Campus Events QB3 NIH SBIR Workshop (Sept 10 – Nov 25) 7session workshop offered by QB3. Learn all the steps to file a wellwritten SBIR/STTR grant application for the Dec 5, 2013 NIH SBIR deadline. The course will focus on crafting a wellstructured research plan, getting persuasive letters of support, crafting an efficient budget, and helping researchers anticipate reviewers’ comments.
2.5hour classes from Sept 10 to Nov 25, 2013 will be held at Byers Hall, UCSF Mission Bay. The course culminates in two submission clinics that will ensure applications are correctly filed. UC Berkeley researchers are eligible for a discounted rate at $250 per company (compared to the standard rate of $750). To be considered for enrollment, register on Eventbrite and fill out the associated application form by Sept 6, 2013.
NSF SBIR/STTR Workshop (Free): Mastering the Culture with Errol Arkilic (Oct 2, 2013) Location: SkyDeck | Berkeley Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm Light refreshments will be served RSVP: Sign up on Eventbrite IPIRA and SkyDeck are pleased to host Errol Arkilic, former NSF SBIR Program Manager and the founding Innovation Corps Lead Program Director. Errol spent ten years at NSF, eight as a program director leading the Software and Services and Security (Nano/Bio/IT) Technology portfolios. For the past two years, he led the Innovation Corps program before leaving NSF in July 2013. In this presentation, Errol will share his experience in managing SBIR projects with the extended Cal and
Berkeley communities. You will learn first hand from Errol who has personally reviewed approximately 1,000 SBIR/STTR proposals. Errol will describe where the SBIR/STTR program funds sit in the spectrum of available support and how to make the highest use of the program funds to mitigate risks to attract additional resources. He will also describe how to best position your proposal to increase the probability that it will resonate with reviewers, and what you should be doing prior to submitting a proposal in order to increase your chances at success with the program and beyond.
Save the Date: Sponsored Projects from Start to Finish (Oct 2013) Meet the Berkeley central offices you need to work with to submit proposals and establish your externally funded awards. Learn where to go for assistance in creating complex, large-scale, and strategic proposals across campus. Find out what offices can assist you with research compliance requirements so that your research is not delayed. Event location and time will be distributed in next month's IPIRA newsletter.
Pitch Events – Call for Entrepreneurs Berkeley / Stanford / Future Energy Pitch Event (Oct 9, 2013) Don't miss your chance to pitch at Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative (BERC), Stanford Energy Club and Future Energy's startupinvestor pitch event. The event is sponsored by Shell International’s GameChanger Program and will take place on Berkeley campus. Participating Future Energy investors at the event will include Shell, Claremont Creek Ventures and other prominent VCs in the energy sector, with a diverse audience of ~200.
Early stage energy startups or research projects are preferred. No venture funding is required. Investors will be seeking the most highrisk, highpotential ideas, with radical solutions to the world's energy challenges. Deadline to apply is Sept 6, 2013. Application form is located at https://ultralight.wufoo.com/forms/futureenergyapplicationform/. For more information, visit https://futureenergysiliconvalley.eventbrite.com/. Present Your Company at Bay Area Capital Connections Conference VI (Oct 3, 2013) Application deadline has now been extended to Sept 12, 2013. The Alliance for Community Development supports entrepreneurs who are actively seeking funding and welcome women, minority and disabled veteran entrepreneurs. Selection criteria: Entrepreneurs seeking early stage investments (seed or series A round funding) Industry: IT (software, SaaS, hardware), cleantech, Internet/social technologies, health IT, consumer Scalable business model More details about the event are available at http://bit.ly/147gmfr.
Apply for Lean Launchpad Accelerator Program Applications for Berkeley Lean Launchpad for Startups are due on Sept 5, 2013 at 11:59pm PST. This Accelerator is part of a program by the National Science Foundation (NSF) ICorps program designed to bring entrepreneurship to the next level and will be taught by UC Berkeley faculty. You will experience a structured, intense program that will compel you to move your opportunity forward, or declare game over before you spend your life’s savings.
Applicants must have a team of three – entrepreneurial lead, product lead and an experienced business mentor. All applications are screened, only the highest quality teams will be accepted. Apply today at http://bayicorps.com/bayareansficorps/bayareansficorpstrainingapplication/.
Fellowship and Award Opportunities Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program (link) – due Sept 30, 2013 Nominees should be advancing computing research in novel directions and demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders in the field. Limited to one nomination each research institution.
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Program (link) – due Oct 9, 2013 Twoyear fellowship program for outstanding PhD students nominated by their universities. To be eligible, you must apply during second or third year of PhD studies. Limited to three applicants per department per university and nine applications per university.
Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship Program (link) – due Oct 16, 2013 Oneyear scholarship program for outstanding women graduate students, designed to encourage women to pursue a PhD. Interested students must apply during their first year of graduate studies. Limited to three applicants per department per university and nine applicants per university. Google Faculty Research Awards (link) – due Oct 15, 2013 Oneyear awards structured as unrestricted gifts to support the work of fulltime faculty members, and intended to support cuttingedge research in Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields.
Funding Opportunities California Institute for Energy and Environment (link) – due Sept 16, 2013 Soliciting proposals for innovative disruptive enabling technologies for the Electric Distribution Grid and the Smart Home. The research team must be collaborative (multiinstitutional) and multidisciplinary. Grants may be awarded up to $400K. NCIIA: National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (link) – due Nov 8, 2013 Sustainable Vision grants fund educational programs in which technologies are created and commercialized to benefit people living in poverty. Grant: up to $50,000. Grant period: one to three years. Who may apply: faculty. $100,000 LemelsonMIT Award for Global Innovation (link) – please direct application deadline inquiries to Lemelson_Awards@mit.edu Celebrates outstanding technologyfocused inventors whose innovations improve the lives of people in the developing world. $500,000 LemelsonMIT Prize (link) – due Nov 22, 2013 Dubbed the "Oscar for Inventors," the LemelsonMIT Prize is awarded to outstanding midcareer inventors, who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society. St Andrews Prize for the Environment (link) – due Oct 31, 2013 Initiative by ConocoPhillips and the University of St Andrews; recognizes significant contributions to environmental conservation. Winner will receive $100,000 and $25,000 for each of the two runnersup. * Interested in more funding opportunities? Please visit http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/funding.html.
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