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MARCH 2019

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR PATENT PALOOZA!

Patent Palooza! is next Tuesday (March 26). Join us in celebrating innovation on University of Kentucky's campus. This event provides the opportunity to have wonderful conversations with UK innovators, recognize and honor award recipients, and enjoy amazing food and beverages.

Make sure to register now to secure your spot at our third annual event.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) TRAINING VIDEO AND AGREEMENT

In May of 2018, changes were implemented to the Bayh-Dole Act, the federal statute that provides for and governs university ownership and management of Intellectual Property (IP) resulting from federal funding. Among other things, these changes require two important adjustments to our patent protection strategy:

extending the time period within which the contractor is required to provide prior notice to the Federal agency no less than 60 days prior to the expiration of the statutory deadline for patent coverage (e.g., 60 days before the expiration of a provisional patent period)
requiring the contractor to require by written agreement that its employees assign subject inventions to the contractor

As it relates to (2), UK OTC has created an IP Training Video [which can be accessed through myUK Learning] that will be provided for all UK PI’s with grants, as well as for new UK employees. The ~5 minute video will conclude with a short invention assignment agreement. If you are a PI on a federal grant, please be on the lookout for an email with instructions related to this IP Training Video.

UK OTC invites any questions about the Bayh-Dole changes, this video or the invention assignment agreement.

UK ALUM AND COCA-COLA CIO, ANN CARVER, SPEAKING AT UK

Ann Carver, CIO of Coca-Cola North America and UK alumna will deliver a keynote address titled “Digital Transformation" hosted by the UK Alumni Association, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration, and the Office of the Provost.

We all understand how the digital world affects so many aspects of our lives. Ann will provide an in-depth story concerning digital transformation within large multicultural, multilingual, multifaceted organizations, such as the University of Kentucky.

Friday, March 29, 2019

8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Worsham Cinema

Gatton Student Center

OTC STAFF UPDATES

Dr. Stephanie Davis has been selected as one of the 2019-2020 American Association For The Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship finalists. She will have the opportunity to work at a federal agency in Washington D.C. beginning in September.

Left to Right: Scotty Vanderventer, Johanna Murray, Graham Christian

OTC has hired three undergraduate students in the newly created role of Co.Create Ambassadors.

Scotty Vanderventer is a junior working on a B.B.A. in finance, a B.S. in accounting, and a minor in international business.

Johanna Murray is a first-year, honors student working on a neuroscience major and is on the pre-med track.

Graham Christian is a junior working on a B.S. in mechanical engineering.

OTC IN ACTION!

OTC will be partnering with the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship to host the "60-Second Elevator Poster Pitch Competition" and OTC will also be hosting an informational table at the 14th Annual UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Spring Conference.

The theme for this year's conference is "The Science of Health Policy and Systems Change" and will be held on Monday, April 15 at the Lexington Convention Center.

DID YOU KNOW?

BY THE NUMBERS

February 2019

Starting April, OTC will be hosting informational 30-minute webinars at noon.

Upcoming topics will include: SBIRs, Agreements, and Intellectual Property and Compliance

Information will be provided early April on registering for the first webinar.

UK IP LICENSING DEALS

Sharp HealthCare

Nora Warshawsky

(formerly College of Nursing)

ISSUED PATENTS

10,208,000

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Oleg V. Tsodikov

(Pharmacy)

10,213,734

Joseph E. Remias, Kunlei Liu

(Pharmacy)

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM PHASE I

Effective March 29 @NSF is now requiring all SBIR/STTR Program Phase 1 proposers to submit a three-page "Project Pitch" that outlines the projective objectives, technical innovation & associated technical risks.