3FY2009
From the Directors
From the Directors
About the Offices
Fiscal 2009 Summary
Disclosures
Patent Activity
Licenses & Options
Royalties & Royalty Distribution
Issued Patents: Chicago
Issued Patents: Urbana
Start-Ups
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The University of Illinois Offices of Technology Management (OTM) are proud to report on the successes and activities of fiscal year 2009.Despite the economic downturn, both Offices were able to meet many important metric and qualitative goals and further advance several significant initiatives.
The royalties earned, which includes patent reimbursements, exceeded goals for both offices. The number of disclosures received from faculty by each office also met expectations – in no small part due to extensive Technology Manager outreach. The Offices also achieved qualitative goals involving patent portfolio management, marketing processes and IT infrastructure.
While the impact of the economic crisis did affect the number of licenses and options signed in fiscal 2009, the pipeline of technologies in negotiation remains strong and the Offices are well positioned for the new fiscal year.
As always, the biggest factor in the Offices’ success is the stellar faculty and research at the University of Illinois.
Our goal is to provide outstanding service to our campus communities. As you read this report, we welcome your feedback and comments.
Sincerely,
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Lesley MillarDirectorOffice of Technology ManagementUrbana-Champaign
Nancy SullivanDirectorOffice of Technology ManagementChicago
4FY2009
To encourage innovation, enhance research and facilitate economic development through the effective management, transfer, and commercialization of University-based technologies and intellectual property.
Our Mission
Nancy Sullivan became Director of the OTM in Chicago in November 2008. She brings more than 15 years of experience in business and biotechnology, and has worked in the public and private sectors. Most recently she was the Senior Director of Business Development for KeraCure, an early stage biotechnology company. Previously, Sullivan was Director of the Womens Entrepeneurial Life Sciences Initiative at Northwestern Universtiy. Her experience combining the life sciences and entrepreneurship are an ideal fit for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) OTM team and technology portfolio.
New Director For The Office Of Technology Management In Chicago
ABOUT THE OFFICES OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
• Provide outstanding service to the University community by being proactive and responsive to faculty and other stakeholders on all intellectual property matters relating to University technologies
• Collaborate on marketing and communications to leverage the strengths of both campuses • Create a comprehensive patent management strategy to manage costs and maximize coverage
• Continue to develop an information technology infrastructure to support Office efforts
• Be a leader in the Midwest technology transfer community
Shared Goals for Fiscal 2010
Staff Updates
Chicago
• Colin James and Shrijay Vijayan have both been promoted to Technology Manager from Associate Technology Manager. • Mark Krivchenia joined OTM as a Technology Manager.
• A Senior Technology Manager search is underway and the position is likely to be filled in the first half of the new fiscal year.
• Technology Manager responsibilities have been reorganized to align with colleges.
Urbana
• Steven Wille was promoted to Assistant Director of Marketing in addition to his role as Senior Technology Manager. • Jonathan Ho, Ph.D., joined OTM as a Technology Manager.
• Emily Wee, Ph.D., and Nathan Hoffmann joined the OTM as Associate Technology Managers.
• Lisa Dhar, Ph.D., will be joining OTM in September 2009, as a Senior Technology Manager.
5FY2009
Note: As a result of the large amount of interdisciplinary research on both campuses, inventions are often associated with more than one college or unit. As a result, the numbers reported in the table may be counted multiple times, once for each associated college or unit.
DisclosuresU.S. Patent Applications FiledU.S. Patents IssuedLicenses & OptionsStart-upsPatent ReimbursementRoyalties Earned
Fiscal 2009 Totals
203145
4233
6$1,788,857$5,115,982
Urbana Chicago Total
Urbana - Colleges and UnitsApplied Health SciencesACESEducationEngineeringLiberal Arts & SciencesVeterinary MedicineBeckman InstituteMedicine at UrbanaInternational Programs & StudiesInstitute for Genomic BiologyNCSAState SurveysPolice Training Institute
Fiscal 2009 by College/Unit U.S. PatentDisclosures Applications Filed U.S. Patents Issued Licenses & Options
Chicago - Colleges and UnitsApplied Health SciencesArchitecture & the ArtsDentistryEducationEngineeringLiberal Arts & SciencesMedicineMedicine - PeoriaMedicine - RockfordPublic HealthPharmacy
130202
1516
2$505,195
$10,553,370
333347
5749
8$2,294,053
$15.669,352
222
211633
232
22
1227
21
211
10535
242
2
8222
2
4013
11
22
6
233
8
1
7141
456
61412
17
3
10
5410
12321
37
1
12
14
2
22
13
111
FISCAL 2009 SUMMARY
U.S. PatentDisclosures Applications Filed U.S. Patents Issued Licenses & Options
6FY2009
Visibility of Technology Commercialization
Each Office hires graduate student interns to screen and evaluate new technology disclosures. Although each campus has structured the details of the intern’s work slightly differently, both programs emphasize screening new technologies for patentability, analyzing potential markets, and identifying the main market players. This data helps the technology managers decide whether to proceed with commercialization efforts, and is provided to inventors to communicate that decision.
The offices have expanded their intern programs in the past year. Notably, the David and Marcia K. Chicoine Scholar in Science and Technology-Based Economic Development was established by the University to recognize the contributions of David and Marcia Chicoine to the University of Illinois. The Chicoine Scholar receives a one-year scholarship and an internship based at the Office of Technology Management, rotating annually between Chicago and Champaign.
In Urbana, the Office has expanded its program to include interns and externs from the Colleges of Law, Business, ACES, the Beckman Institute, the Institute for Genomic Biology and the Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research (CABER).
In addition to providing a critical service for the OTM’s, the interns themselves are gaining valuable experience that often influences their career decisions. Three former interns in Chicago have continued their careers at the UIC OTM, and four others are working in areas related to technology development, including consulting, venture capital (with IllinoisVENTURES) and business analysis. In Urbana, at least five former interns have gone on to become technology managers, and many others are involved in business and economic development.
Commercialization Interns Advance the Offices of Technology Management and their Careers
DISCLOSURES
0
100
200
300
400
87
225195
122 117
201243
312 31
7318
363
FY ‘05FY ‘06
FY ‘07FY ‘08
Invention Disclosures by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009
UICUIUC
203
130
333
FY ‘09
120
Both OTM’s held several events throughout the year to raise office visibility on each campus.
Chicago
• Copyright law workshop on the west campus
• Software commercialization workshop on the east campus • Four informal “coffee breaks” to discuss IP-related topics and network with faculty around campus
• Technology managers regularly attend department and faculty meetings
Urbana
• Hosted a speaker from IBM
• Arranged seminars in the: - College of Law - College of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition - Institute for Genomic Biology
• Urbana also participated in seminars in: - Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology - College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) - College of Fine Arts - EnterpriseWorks - NanoCEMMS
• Four informal “coffee breaks” to discuss IP-related topics and network with faculty around campus
7FY2009
PATENT ACTIVITY
Optimizing Patent Protection
Both campuses have been refining their patent strategies in order to maximize opportunities and ensure that appropriate patent prtection strategies are in place for different types of technologies.
In the coming year, both offices are partnering with Professor Jay Kesan, a law professor on the Urbana campus who is renowned for his work in intellectual property and entrepreneurship. He will advise on issues including the strategy for foreign filings and creating a framework for maintaining or abandoning patents.
0
100
200
300
400
100
120142
111
165
144
220
253
309
367
FY ‘05FY ‘06
FY ‘07FY ‘08
U.S. Patents Filed by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009
UICUIUC
183
184
145
202
347
FY ‘09
FY ‘05FY ‘06
FY ‘07FY ‘08
Patent Costs by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009
$1,667,889
$2,066,747
$2,550,301
$1,430,460 $1
,373,510
$3,491,548
$3,957,903
$1,507,813
UICUIUC
$3,734,636
$3,980,761
$4,865,058
$5,465,716
(in m
illio
ns)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
FY ‘09
$3,729,668
$1,658,679
$5,388,347
Note: Fiscal 2009 patent costs as calculated on July 20.
0
20
40
60
80
14
50
24
17
10
40
64
41
5054
FY ‘05FY ‘06
FY ‘07FY ‘08
U.S. Patents Issued by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009
UICUIUC
38
16
42
15
57
FY ‘09
Note: Of the 57 U.S. patents issues in fiscal 2009, 33 are already either licensed or optioned, 14 in Chicago and 19 in Urbana.
8FY2009
New Emphasis on Marketing Collaborations
LICENSES & OPTIONS
A cross-campus team was initiated in fiscal 2009 to examine the current marketing processes and best practices of each OTM. The result is a new emphasis on bundling technologies by market area and also collaborating across campus on marketing efforts.
The Offices will continue to market individual technologies but will also look for opportunities to market bundles of technologies in the same industry area. Taking a portfolio-based approach to marketing leads to more refined marketing strategies based on a better understanding of where our technologies fit in the marketplace. Ultimately this should lead to increased numbers of licenses and options.
Collaborating on marketing activities across campus, such as attending tradeshows together and combining technologies from both campuses in our brochures increases the visibility of University of Illinois technologies and maximizes the use of our marketing resources. This may also lead to the possibility of cross-campus collaboration between inventors.
0
20
40
60
80
15
48 52
23
12
3743
18
63
75
49
61
FY ‘05FY ‘06
FY ‘07FY ‘08
100
Licenses & Options by Campus: Fiscal 2005-Fiscal 2009
UICUIUC
33
16
49
FY ‘09
0
5
10
15
20
1
6
5
5
1
6 6
57
10
7
11
FY ‘05FY ‘06
FY ‘07FY ‘08
Number of Start-Ups by Campus: Fiscal 2005-Fiscal 2009
UICUIUC
6
2
8
FY ‘09
Tradeshows & Conferences Attended
• Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)
• Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
• Copenmind (cleantech) • Illinois Biotechnolgy Industry Organization (iBio Index)
• Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting
• The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Conference (TMS)
• Pittsburgh Conference on Alalytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon)
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
• Web 2.0 Expo
Fiscal 2009 Licenses & Options
Chicago
• 12 exclusive licenses and options out of 16 total
• Range of technologies includes research tools and reagents, antibodies, medical devices, software and more.
Urbana
• 22 exclusive licenses and options out of 33 total
• Range of technologies includes materials, micro and nanotechnologies, plant sciences, animal sciences, software, biotechnology and more.
9FY2009
Top Royalty Generating Technologies
Chicago
• Multidrug Resistant Retroviral Protease Inhibitors: protease inhibitor compound known as Prezista and used to treat HIV-AIDS
• TICE BCG: for the treatment and prophylaxis of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder, and for the prophylaxis of Ta and/or T1 papillary tumors following transurethral resection • TIMS Elementary Math Program: an elementary school mathematics program for children in grades K-12
Urbana
• Native Oxide: a semiconductor technology used in laser printers, fiber optic communications, microelectronic devices and more
• Transfer printing technology: enables the parallel transfer of many pre-formed circuit elements from a source semiconductor wafer to almost any other substrate; currently being developed to make large GaAs solar arrays for megawatt solar generation
• MarketMaker: an online resource designed to connect food producers, distributors, buyers, and sellers to their specific markets
ROYALTIES & ROYALTY DISTRIBUTION
Royalties Earned non-University Share patent protection fund patent expenses reimbursementNet available for distribution
Fiscal 2009 Distribution of Royalties EarnedUrbana Chicago
$5,115,982$245,000$253,063
$1,788,857$2,964,183
$10,553,370$516,476$760,987$505,195
$9,000,041
Actual Distributions Inventors Share University Share Unit/College/Campus OTM Cost Recovery
$706,341
$1,166,539$684,150
$2,906,964
$3,683,594$2,124,085
$0
$4
$2
$6
$8
$10
$3.19
$4.19
$6.89
$4.39
$4.35
$4.68
$4.24
$4.48
$7.38
$11.28
$9.03
$8.71
FY ‘05FY ‘06
FY ‘07FY ‘08
$12
(in m
illio
ns)
Royalties Earned by Campus: Fiscal 2005 - Fiscal 2009
UICUIUC
$14
$16
$5.12
$10.55
$15.67
FY ‘09
Note: “Actual Distributions” do not match the “Net Available for Distribution” in any one year because of the time lag between the date many are received and the date actual distributions are made.
10FY2009
Jeffrey Bloom, Mark Duffy, Douglas Heintzelman, Karen Nally-Heintzelman
Opthalmology and Visual Science
Light-Activated Adhesive Composite, System, and Methods of Use Thereof
Ananda Chakrabarty, Anita Chaudhari, Tapas Das Gupta, Arsenio Fialho, Chang Soo Hong, Tohru Yamada
7,511,117L
Microbiology and Immunology, Dept. of Surgical Oncology
Compositions and Methods for Treating HIV Infection with Cupredoxin and Cytochrome C
John Erickson, Arun Ghosh, Sergie Gulnik, Hiroaki Mitsuya
7,470,506L
Chemistry Fitness Assay and Associated Methods
Edward Cohen7,402,306O
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy with Semi-Allogeneic Cells
Tapas Das Gupta, Darrick Kim, John Pezzuto
7,414,042L
Medicinal Chemistry and Phar-macognosy, Surgical Oncology
Method and Composition of Selectively Inhibiting Melanoma
Manfred Konrad, Arnon Lavie, Farhad Ravandi
7,419,811 Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Leukemia
Use of Specifically Engineered Enzymes to Enhance the Efficacy of Prodrugs
Asrar Malik, Chinnaswamy Tiruppathi7,429,563O
Pharmacology Peptide Carrier for Drug Delivery
Vivek Nigam, Roland Priemer7,435,224O
Electrical and Computer Engineering (formerly EECS)
Extraction of Heart Sound of Fetus From Heart Sound Information That Comprises Plurality of Mixtures of Plurality of Heart Sounds of Plurality of Fetuses
Alan Diamond, Vadim Gladyshev, Dolph Hatfield, Kuan-Teh Jeang, John Wootton
7,442,543L
Human Nutrition & Dietetics Mammalian Selenoprotein Differentially Expressed in Tumor Cells
Robert Donati, Mark Rasenick, Sadamu Toki
7,445,888O
Physiology and BiophysicsMethods for Assaying for Antidepressant Therapy Markers
Ananda Chakrabarty, Tapas Das Gupta, Yoshinori Hiraoka, Vasu Punj, Tohru Yamada, Olga Zaborina
7,491,394L
General Surgery Microbiology and Immunology, Dept. of Surgical Oncology
Cytotoxic Factors For Modulating Cell Death
7,531,338L
Sudha Ankala, Geoffrey Bilcer, Thippeswamy Devasamudram, Arun Ghosh, Nagaswamy Kumaragurubaran, Hui Lei, Chunfeng Liu, Lisa Swanson, Jordan Tang
7,504,420L
Chemistry Compounds Which Inhibit Beta-Secretase Activity and Methods of Use Thereof
Bin Chen, Alan Kozikowski7,507,828L
Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors and Methods of Use Thereof
Mark Holterman, Matthew Meriggioli, Bellur Prabhakar, Chenthamarakshan Vasu
7,527,972L
Microbiology and Immunology, Dept. of Neurology and Reha-bilitation Medicine, Dept. of Surgery
Uses of a Bispecific Antibody Coated Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Antigens and GM-CSF in Immune Regulation
Jinghua Chen, Michael Duncan, Jian Liu, Anders Malmstrom, Deepak Shukla, Vaibhav Tiwari, Guoqing Xia
Opthalmology and Visual Science
Purified And Isolated Heparan Sulfate 3-O-Sulfotransferase Isoform 5 Nucleic Acids And Polypeptides And Therapeutic And Screening Methods Using Same
Patent # Title Inventor(s) Department(s)
U.S. PATENTS ISSUED: CHICAGO
7,501,133L
Patents that are licensed are noted with an LPatents that are optioned are noted with an O
11FY2009
U.S. PATENTS ISSUED: URBANA
Patent # Title Inventor(s) Department(s)
Tyler Johannes, William Metcalf, Wilfred van der Donk, Ryan Woodyer, Huimin Zhao
7,402,419L
Phosphite Dehydrogenase Mutants for Nicotinamide Cofactor Regeneration
David Bullen, Chang Liu, Ming Zhang7,402,849L
Electrical & Computer Engr, Materials Science & Engr Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)
Parallel, Individually Addressable Probes for Nanolithography
Kuo-Lih Chang, Keh-Yung (Norman) Cheng, John Epple, Kuang-Chien Hsieh, Gregory Pickrell
7,407,863 Electrical & Computer EngrAdhesive Bonding With Low Temperature Grown Amorphous or Polycrystalline Com-pound Semiconductors
Chemical & Biomolecular Engr, Chemistry, Microbiology
Nitin Aggarwal, Yoram Bresler, Behzad Sharif
7,423,430 Electrical & Computer EngrAdaptive Parallel Acquisition and Reconstruction of Dynamic MR Images
Sahraoui Chaieb, Munir Nayfeh7,429,369O
Beckman Institute Physics Theoretical & Applied Mech
Silicon Nanoparticle Nanotubes and Method for Making the Same
Olga Esteban, Huimin Zhao7,442,773 Chemical & Biomolecular Engr
Universal Peptide-Binding Scaffolds and Protein Chips
Paul Bohn, Bruce Flachsbart, Mark Shannon, Jonathan Sweedler
7,445,027L
Beckman Institute, Chemistry Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)
Multilayer Microfluidic Nanofluidic Device
Chang Liu 7,445,675 Electrical & Computer EngrSensor for Monitoring Material Deposition
Jamshid Ghaboussi, Youssef Hashash, David Pecknold
7,447,614O
Civil & Environmental EngrMethods and Systems for Modeling Material Behavior
Stephen Boppart, Daniel Marks7,450,243 Beckman Institute, Bioengineering, Electrical & Computer Engr
Volumetric Endoscopic Coherence Microscopy using a Coherent Fiber Bundle
Jack Chen, Chang Liu7,451,537 Electrical & Computer EngrMethod for Fabricating a Microscale Anemometer
Robert Donati, Mark Rasenick, Sadamu Toki7,454,039 Physiology and Biophysics Method of Performing Shape Localization
Eric Boder, Michele Kieke, David Kranz, Karl Dane Wittrup
7,465,787L
Biochemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular Engr, Chemistry
Yeast Cell Surface Display of Proteins and Uses Thereof
Zhi-Pei Liang7,466,131 System and Method for Designing Multi-Channel RF Pulses for MR Imaging
Steve Granick, Svetlana Sukhishvili7,470,449 Materials Science & Engr Polymer Films
Kuo-Feng (Kevin) Chen, James Eden, Nels Ostrom, Sung-Jin Park
7,477,017L
Electrical & Computer EngrAC-Excited Microcavity Discharge Device and Method
Ian Block, Leo Li-Ying Chan, Brian Cunningham
7,479,404O
Electrical & Computer Engr, Institute for Genomic Biology
Photonic Crystal Biosensor Structure and Fabrication Method
Munir Cheryan7,481,890 Food Sci & Human Nutrition Corn Oil and Dextrose Extraction Apparatus and Method
Patents that are licensed are noted with an LPatents that are optioned are noted with an O
12FY2009
U.S. PATENTS ISSUED: URBANA
Patent # Title Inventor(s) Department(s)
Hyungsoo Choi7,507,390 Organometallic Compounds andtheir use as Precursors for FormingFilms and Powders of Metal or MetalDerivatives
Jack Chen, Jonathan Engel, Chang Liu7,509,869 Beckman Institute, CoordinatedScience Lab, Electrical &Computer Engr
Microfabricated Pressure and ShearStress Sensors
Beckman Institute, Electrical &Computer Engr
James Eden, Sung-O Kim7,511,426L
Electrical & Computer EngrMicroplasma Devices Excited by Interdigitated Electrodes
Robert Hornbaker, VolodymyrKindratenko, David Pointer
7,511,618 Agricultural & ConsumerEcon, National Center forSupercomputing Applications
System for Tracking Grain
Francois Callias, Steven Franke,Douglas Jones, Jeffrey Larsen, CristaMalick, Mitesh Parikh, Qi Xie
7,512,448L
Beckman Institute, Electrical & Computer Engr
Systems, Devices, and Methods ofWireless Intrabody Communication
Jack Chen, Jonathan Engel, Chang Liu7,516,671 Electrical & Computer EngrSensor Chip and Apparatus for Tactile and/or Flow Sensing
Dahl-Young Khang, John Rogers,Yugang Sun
7,521,292L
Beckman Institute, Chemistry, Materials Science & Engr
Stretchable Form of Single CrystalSilicon for High PerformanceElectronics on Rubber Substrates
Patents that are licensed are noted with an LPatents that are optioned are noted with an O
James Eden, Sung-Jin Park 7,482,750L
Electrical & Computer EngrPlasma Extraction Microcavity Plasma Device and Method
Jennifer Bernhard, Susan Hagness, Gregory Huff, Debra Hsieh, Gregory Pickrell
7,482,969 Engineering Admin Material Movement Sensing Techniques
Juewen Liu, Yi Lu7,485,419L
ChemistryBiosensors Based On Directed Assembly Of Particles
Daniel Pack, Joshua Ramsey, Halong Vu7,485,446 Chemical & Biomolecular Engr
Stable Retrovirus and Methods of Use
Nannan Chen, Chen Liu7,501,069 Beckman Institute, Electrical& Computer Engr, Micro andNanotechnology Lab
Flexible Structures for Sensors and Electronics
Jian Ku Shang, Pinggui Wu, Rongcai Xie7,521,394 Materials Science & EngrNanoparticles Containing Titanium Oxide
Chang Liu, Xuefeng Wang7,523,650 Beckman Institute, Electrical& Computer Engr, Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)
Multifunctional Probe Array System
Richard DeVor, Andrew Honegger, ShivKapoor
7,524,152L
Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE)
Three-Axis Micro- and Meso-ScaleMachining Apparatus
13FY2009
U.S. PATENTS ISSUED: URBANA
Patent # Title Inventor(s) Department(s)
Alan Craig, Kalev Leetaru7,555,472 Identifying Conceptual Gaps in aKnowledge Base
National Center forSupercomputing Applications
Patents that are licensed are noted with an LPatents that are optioned are noted with an O
Enrico Gratton, Guido Motolese, Abdel Tahari
7,528,384L
PhysicsMethods and Devices for Characterizing Particles in Clear and Turbid Media
Darren Alman, Brian Jurczyk, MartinNeumann, Huatan Qiu, David Ruzic
7,528,386O
Nuclear, Plasma, & Rad Engr
Submicron Particle Removal
Charles Choi, Brian Cunningham7,531,786 Electrical & Computer Engr,Mechanical Science andEngineering
Photonic Crystal Sensors with IntegratedFluid Containment Structure
Juewen Liu, Yi Lu7,534,560L
ChemistrySimple Catalytic DNA Biosensors for IONS Based on Color Changes
Richard Chan, Milton Feng, Nick Holonyak, Gabriel Walter
7,535,034L
Coordinated Science Lab,Electrical & Computer Engr
PNP Light Emitting Transistor and Method
Thomas Huang, Ziyou Xiong, Makoto Yoshida
7,548,637 Beckman Institute, Electrical & Computer Engr
Method for Detecting Objects in an Im-age Using Pair-Wise Pixel Discriminative Features
Raven Huang, XianJun Liu7,550,442 BiochemistryNucleoside Analog Inhibitors of Reverse Transcriptase
Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, Bin He,Zhen Zhang
7,552,116L
College of Engineering,Computer Science
Method and System for ExtractingWEB Query Interfaces
14FY2009
START-UPS
Urbana
Tolerogenics is exploring treatments to reverse the spread of autoimmune disease through GM-CSF, which prevents the full maturation of dendritic cells that induce an autoimmune response in T cells. Tolerogenics was founded by Bellur Prabhakar, Ph.D., head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mark Holterman, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Pediatric Surgery, and Matthew Meriggioli, M.D., Director of Neuromuscular Disease.
Tolerogenics
Autonomic Materials, Inc.
Eden Park Illumination
Eden Park Illumination, co-founded by Professor Gary Eden and Associate Professor Sung-Jin Park of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is commercializing Microcavity Plasma “microplasma” lighting technology. This platform technology is a new light source innovation, and offers unique advantages over both traditional light sources, such as incandescent and fluorescent, and the newer lighting technologies light emitting diodes “LED” and organic light emitting diodes “OLED”.
http://www.edenpark.com
Cazoodle
Cazoodle Inc., co-founded by Professor Kevin C. Chang and his research team in the Department of Computer Science, provides software and internet services for Web search, integration, and mining, with a central objective to "deepen" search on the Web to access the vast amount of data beyond the reach of current search engines.
http://www.cazoodle.com
Autonomic Materials, founded by Scott White, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and leader of the Autonomous Materials Systems group at the Beckman Institute, is developing self-healing technologies that extend the lifetime of coatings. The technologies can be used in elastomer coatings, thermosetting coatings, and powder coatings, making them useful across a wide range of markets, from marine to aerospace.
http://www.autonomicmaterials.com/
Cbana LaboratoriesCbana Laboratories is commercializing adsorbents and microfluidic and microanalytical devices originally developed by Professors Richard Masel of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Mark Shannon in Mechanical Science Engineering for the capture and analysis of pollutants, drugs and other dangerous materials.
http://www.cbana.com
Surf CanyonSurf Canyon, a start-up located in Oakland, California, has licensed internet search technology co-developed by Computer Science Professor Cheng-Xiang Zhai’s and Surf Canyon’s CEO.
http://www.surfcanyon.com
MC10, Inc.
MC10 Inc. is utilizing technology developed by Professor John Rogers of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering to develop processes and applications that enable high performance electronics to be placed in novel environments and form factors. MC10’s approach transforms traditionally rigid, brittle semiconductors into flexible, stretchable electronics while retaining excellent electrical performance. Stretchable silicon allows for a degree of design freedom capable of expanding the functionality of existing products while providing a platform on which new microelectronic-enabled applications can be developed.
Simplified Data Tracking, Inc.
Simplified Data Tracking offers data management solutions for scientists. Their programs will allow scientists to store, track, and analyze information for transgenic and knockout mouse colonies, cell and bacterial storage freezers, plasmid constructs and PCR primers. Their first database solution will be Mouse Colony, a program for the management of transgenic animal colonies. Simplified Data Tracking was founded by Professor Oscar Colamonici of the College of Medicine.
http://simplifieddatatracking.com
Chicago
15FY2009
UrbanaCONTACTS
Office of Technology ManagementUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ceramics Building, 3rd Floor • 105 S. Goodwin AvenueUrbana, IL 61802 • 217.333.7862 • [email protected]://www.otm.illinois.edu
DirectorLesley Millar217.333.6807; [email protected]
Associate DirectorDelphine Kranz217.333.6807; [email protected]
Assistant Director, Marketing/Senior Technology ManagerSteven Wille217.244.5956; [email protected](also Assistant Director of Marketing for Chicago OTM)
Senior Technology ManagersDavid Washburn217.265.0778; [email protected]
Mark Kaczor217.265.0548; [email protected]
Technology ManagerJonathan Ho217.244.1275; [email protected]
Associate Technolgy ManagersEmily Wee217.333.7198; [email protected]
Nathan Hoffmann217.244.4747; [email protected]
Professional Staff
Office Support Associate Heather BakerSenior Manager of Information Mike BohlmannSenior Patent Coordinator Bill ColburnBusiness Manager Todd CreasonPatent Coordinator Brad EdwardsPatent Office Manager Tracy HunterAccount Technician Jane LunaMarketing Communication Specialist Nicole NairParalegal-Compliance Coordinator Jane ReidOffice Administrator Billie ScalesChief Clerk Liz SchleefLegal Office Manager Donna Wilm
Legal support provided by Karen Etheridge through the Office of University Counsel
Student Interns
Dua, PuneitHammond, AnneHartwell, GingerHodnett, MichaelHughley, Jonathan CJanovick, Nicole A
Pierre, ZakiahRamakrishnan, SarathSodhi, RajinderTamosaitis, Peter JUhl, Sylvia
ChicagoOffice of Technology ManagementUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
1853 West Polk Street, Suite 446 • Chicago, IL 60612p: 312.996.7018 • f: 312.996.1995 • [email protected]://www.otm.uic.edu
DirectorNancy Sullivan312.996.7018; [email protected]
Associate DirectorConnie M. Cleary312.996.0447; [email protected]
Technology ManagersColin James312.996.7779; [email protected]
Mark Krivchenia312.996.6626; [email protected]
Shayan Sartipi312.996.1595; [email protected]
Shrijay Vijayan312.996.4129; [email protected]
Technology Transfer CoordinatorJustyna Ciegotura312.996.2602; [email protected]
Professional Staff
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