FEATURED EVENT
REGISTER NOW FOR PATENT PALOOZA!
“Patent Palooza! is our annual flagship celebration of UK innovation, and we are excited to bring the fourth installment to the UK and Lexington community. We will recognize new patents, commercialization deals, startup successes and other instances that show off the incredible potential of UK research and innovation. We will award over 50 innovators this year, and specially recognize a new honorary member of our UK chapter for the National Academy of Inventors. You won’t want to miss it!”

Ian McClure
Executive Director
Office of Technology Commercialization 
EVENTS
UK Entrepreneur Showcase

Date: March 24, 2020
Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Ballroom 212C, Gatton Student Center
The UK Entrepreneur Showcase is a partnership between OTC and the Alumni Association/Philanthropy and offers an opportunity for the UK community to learn about the innovative projects of UK faculty, alumni and students. This year’s program will be highlighting talented faculty innovators, alumni entrepreneurs and student researchers/entrepreneurs. The keynote speakers, Elaine and Myron Jacobson, will be receiving the Lee T. Todd Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship.
MISSED OUR FIRST WEBINAR?
if you missed our first webinar or just want to see it again, we have it recorded for you. Check out our Everything You Need to Know About Agreements Webinar.

If you need an agreements or have questions about agreements, please contact Ali Bocook Yankey, senior contracts coordinator at ali.yankey@uky.edu.
OTC EDUCATION SESSIONS
March OTC Webinar
How to Submit an Invention Disclosure and Stay in Compliance

Date: March 18, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.


April OTC Webinar
SBIR: Ready - Fire - Aim

Date: April 9, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.



STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS
OTC believes professional development, leadership and volunteerism are all very important in the field of technology transfer. OTC is clearly demonstrating this at the AUTM Annual Meeting in San Diego, California this March.

The following OTC staff will be presenting and moderating panels during the AUTM Annual Meeting.

Topics include:
How to Navigate Tech Transfer as a Newcomer (Jacqui Greene)
Regional IDeA Hubs for Biomedical Tech Transfer Acceleration (Ian McClure & Lix Knapp)
Roundtable Discussion: Hot Topics - Advice for Universities (Taunya Phillips)
Universities and the Cannabis Industry: It's Not All About CBD (or THC) (Natasha Jones)
University Startup License Packages: Favorable Deal Terms and Business Development Support (Natasha Jones)
DEADLINE APPROACHING: COMPLETE INNOVATOR SURVEY
If we worked with you during 2019, don't forget to complete our innovator survey. Your feedback is important to us and helps us determine the direction we need to take in providing programs, events and services to you.

DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2020
VPR LUNCH AND LEARN SESSION:
SO YOU THINK YOU WANT TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR?
We had a wonderful panel discuss their entrepreneurial experience at our lunch and learn session. Panelists Chase Kempinski from Enepret, Meghan Marsac with Cellie Coping Kit, and Janelle Molloy from Wild Dog Physics talked about their journey, participating in the UKAccel program, and working with OTC.

It is was a great overview of information and programs OTC provides along with the experiences of our panelists.

Thanks to everyone who joined us onsite or via Zoom.
BY THE NUMBERS
ISSUED PATENTS
January 2020

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Huy X. Ngo, Sanjib K. Shrestha
(College of Pharmacy)
UK IP LICENSING DEALS
January 2020

Kerafast
Timothy McClintock
(College of Medicine)


TranSyn, Inc.
TBert Lynn, Mark Lovell
(College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry)
EVENTS
Every Wednesday, 7:00 a.m.
DV8 Kitchen
867 S Broadway #140, Lexington, KY
No RSVP necessary
Saturday, March 28, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Gatton College of Business & Economics
550 S Limestone, Lexington, KY
DID YOU KNOW?
OTC has several informative videos on its YouTube channel. We have videos of UK innovators pitching at Founder Hunt, the first KYNETIC Town Hall, XOR webinars, and videos from our OVALS Conference, which brought tech transfer, alumni and philanthropy together, Subscribe now and check out our videos.