The Office of Technology Transfer & The Office of Patent Counsel Present Patents at a Picnic

1. The Office of Technology Transfer & The Office of Patent Counsel Present Patents at a Picnic June 23, 2004

2. 11:00 Welcome Remarks Norma Lee Todd 11:05 Presentation of Awards Wayne Swann and Ben Roca 11:15 Recognition Program Susan Furney 11:20 Special Presentation Wayne Swann 11:30OTT Grants Donna Couturiaux 11:40 TEDCO Resources Linda Saffer 12:00 Lunch

3. Patents at a Picnic June23, 2004 Patent Awards

4. Self-Monitoring Controller for Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensors US Patent No. 6,706,977 Russell P. Cain Bliss G. Carkhuff O. Manuel Uy

5. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Mapping System US Patent No. 6,711,475 Kevin E. Murphy

6. Integrated Navigation and Communication System for Use in Distributed Spacecraft Systems U.S. Patent No. 6,721,658 Patrick A. Stadter William S. Devereux

7. Weak Signal and Anti-Jamming Global Positioning System Receiver and Method Using Full Correlation Grid U.S. Patent No. 6,724,343 Mark S. Asher Lloyd A. Linstrom Robert L. Henderson Dennis J. Duven

8. Sensor Array System for Object Position Detection U.S. Patent No. 6,727,511 Richard T. Cusick Robert F. Walsh Dennis K. Wickenden

9. Method for Electroless Gold Plating of Conductive Traces on Printed Circuit Boards U.S. Patent No. 6,733,823 David M. Lee Arthur S. Francomacaro Seppo J. Lehtonen Harry K. Charles, Jr.

10. Pulsed Laser Sampling for Mass Spectrometer System U.S. Patent No. 6,734,423 Wayne A. Bryden

11. Integrated Adaptive Antenna Array and Adaptive Locally-Optimum Detection System U.S. Patent No. 6,735,427 James H. Higbie

12. Method and System for Detecting Small Structures in Images U.S. Patent No. 6,738,500 Isaac N. Bankman Lloyd W. Ison

13. Recognition Programs Susan Furney Office of Technology Transfer

14. Patent Awards • 3 events per year • Patent Plaque awarded to each inventor listed • Inventors are awarded $200-250* when patent application is filed • Inventors are awarded $250-500* when patent is issued

15. Invention of the Year • Annual Event • Winners in 3 Categories • Cash Award • Trophy

16. Wave of Contribution • Significant Contribution to Technology Transfer • Does not have to be an inventor • Cash Award • Trophy

17. Special Presentation

18. Office of Technology Transfer GRANT Program Patents and Picnic Seminar June 23, 2004 Presented by Donna Couturiaux

19. Small Tech Transfer Grant / Prototype Grant Grants Funded from Development Fund (NOT research focused) [recoverable expense from licensing income] • IR&D Prototype Grant • Grant Funded from IR&D Fund (research focused) • [not a recoverable expense from licensing income] WHAT is a Technology Transfer Grant and WHY are they granted? • Funding provided to APL inventors who have • an invention disclosed through the Office of • Patent Counsel. • Grants are awarded to encourage APL staff to • aggressively transfer technology.

20. Summary of OTT Grants Awarded [August 1999 – May 2004] Amount # of Grants Small Tech Transfer 62 $ 309,980 [Conferences / Marketing – 13 grants] Tech Transfer Prototype 22 $ 943,965 [2 TEDCO grants – OTT matched funding] Tech Transfer IR&D 35 $ 775,496 [4 TEDCO grants – OTT matched funding] TOTAL 119 $2,029,441 TEDCO Funding 6 $259,500

21. APL Inventors at Work ! as a result of an OTT Grant Grants awarded for Conference / Marketing / Commercialization Grant awarded to Build a Prototype

22. Where do I find the Grant Request forms?

23. Where do I find the Grant Request forms?

24. Where do I find the Office of Technology Transfer Web Site?

25. In Summary • Contact the Technology Manager assigned • to your technology • John Bacon [88309] • Kristin Gray [87927] • Heather Prettyman [87262] • Randall Slagle [80383] • Norma Lee Todd [84528] • If you don’t know, contact me • Donna Couturiaux [83541]