Environmental Protection Agency Federal Technology Transfer Act Program

1. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Technology Transfer Act Program Sarah Bauer, FTTA Program Coordinator Valerie Blank, FTTA Specialist Rochelle Perry, Records and Documents January 27, 2009

2. Technology Transfer Legislation Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act (1980) • First to define and promote technology transfer • Easier to transfer federal technologies to nonfederal parties Bayh-Dole Act (1980) • Permits non-profit organizations and small businesses to retain title to inventions made with government funds (later extended to all contractors and grantees) • Government owned and government operated laboratories permitted to grant patent licenses Federal Technology Transfer Act (1986) • Provides private industry, state and local governments, and academic institutions access to federal laboratories to collaborate on R&D projects • Allows government-employed inventors and government laboratories to share in royalties • Gets federally-funded technology into the marketplace

3. EPA’s FTTA Program • Focus of “technology transfer” is to get technologies developed by the Federal government into the marketplace • Managed by the Office of Research and Development for EPA EPA MISSION Protect human health and safeguard the natural environment – air, water, land – upon which life depends PROGRAM OFFICES (Air, Water, Waste, Pesticides/Toxics) REGIONAL OFFICES National Decisions Implementation OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Scientific Foundation

4. Mechanisms for Technology Transfer • Cooperative Research and Development Agreements: Technologies can be co-developed or jointly improved • Material Transfer Agreements: Loan or donation of research materials from one party to another • Outside User Agreements: Non-Federal parties can use EPA facilities for independent research (for which EPA can charge and retain fees) • Licenses: Technologies developed in EPA labs can be transferred to the partner for further development and/or commercialization

5. Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) • EPA can enter into an agreement with an outside partner (industry, academia, non-profit) to perform research • Research performed under the agreement must be collaborative and consistent with the mission of the lab • EPA can provide personnel, services, facilities, equipment, or other resources, but not direct funds to the joint research • A non-Federal party can provide direct funds, personnel, services, facilities, equipment or other resources • The CRADA specifies how resources will be used and how the rights to any intellectual property developed will be assigned

6. Intellectual Property, Patents, Licenses, and Royalties • Federal labs can protect their IP by patenting inventions (inventor rights assigned to the Government) • Licenses allow the Government to transfer property rights to an external party • Licenses can be exclusive or non-exclusive • Government retains a right to use the technology • License may associated with a CRADA or be stand alone • Under FTTA, the government gives the inventor (employee) a portion of royalties if licensed

7. OSP’s Role in FTTA • Coordinate FTTA activities for the Agency • Determine CRADA/License opportunities and review documents • Coordinate Approval of Agreements with the Office of General Counsel (OGC) and the Grants Administration Division (GAD) • Coordinate patent applications with OGC • Highlight EPA capabilities and partnership opportunities • Negotiate licenses with companies (along with inventor’s management) • Create annual report to OMB and Commerce, • Respond to FOIAs and requests as necessary

8. Ecological Research Economics & Decision Sciences Human Health Pollution Prevention Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Homeland Security Air and Radiation Genomics/CompTox Air Toxics Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Waste Drinking Water Endocrine Disruptors Global Change Mercury Particulate Matter Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Water Quality EPA Research Topics

9. Example Partnerships & Research Areas Example Partners and Licensees American Chemistry Council i BP Amoco i Chevron i Dow Corning i DuPont Eastman Chemical i Exxon i Fisher-Scientific i Ford Motor Electric Power Research Institute i General Electric i General Motors Georgia Pacific i Proctor and Gamble i Hewlett-Packard i International Paper Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles i Duke University University of Maryland i Georgia Institute of Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology i University of North Carolina 72% industry partners; 24% non-industry partners; 4% other Examples of Research Areas for CRADAs and Licenses Black Mold Arsenic Removal Hybrid Vehicles Water Security Children's Health Clean Diesel Combustion Phytoremediation Cryptosporidium Aerosol Samplers Soil Treatment

10. FTTA Examples ORD/NRMRL: Arsenic treatment for small systems ORD/NRMRL: Biomass Concentrator Reactor CRADA with Italian company and licenses with US companies ORD/NERL: Black Mold Detection ORD /NERL: MI Agar for Detecting Pathogens ORD/NHEERL: Electromagnetic Therapy ORD/NRMRL: Genome Fragment Enrichment (GFE) – DNA sorting for fecal contamination OPPTS & ORD/NERL – Lead Paint Test Kits (R & R Rule) OAR/NVFEL: CRADA to install EPA’s hydraulic hybrid powertrain system into UPS delivery trucks EPA Region 10: Portable Sampler for Monitoring Air Quality

11. Ongoing Initiatives • Highlight EPA Capabilities and Expertise • Increase CRADAs and licenses • Increase Visibility/Awareness to Partners • Participation in EPA and Intergovernmental activities • Increase Visibility/Awareness within EPA • Increase collaboration with additional Partners • Increase collaboration with other Federal Agencies

12. Summary and More Information • Expertise in Environmental Technologies • EPA Research laboratories across the country • Opportunities for CRADAs, Licensing • EPA Tech Transfer Internet: www.epa.gov/osp/ftta.htm Federal Staff: Sarah Bauer, Program Coordinator 202-564-3267 / bauer.sarah@epa.gov Valerie Blank, Program Specialist 202-564-1720/ blank.valerie@epa.gov Rochelle Perry, Records and Documents 202-564-6484 / perry.rochelle@epa.gov