Patents & Pizza

The Office of Patent Counsel and Technology Transfer host informational sessions to inform Laboratory inventors, project staff and other interested Laboratory professionals about issues relating to APL tech transfer. Awards for issued patents are also presented at these events. Contact x86785 for videotapes of previous Patents and Pizza sessions.

Upcoming seminars:

• Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:00 AM to 1:00PM
  
  
• Thursday, September 18, 2008, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  
  
• Thursday, February 17, 2009, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
   
• Thursday, June 16, 2009, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  

Past seminars:

• Thursday, Feb 21, 2008 - Lon Levin, co-founder of XM Satellite Radio, gave a key note talk. 
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts: Handout (.pps)


• Thursday, September 6, 2007 - B. Feldman of Prototype Productions, Inc. gave a key note talk titled: Prototyping for Commercialization
  There was information shared about the Automated Integrated Distress Device (AIDD), a request for event feedback from inventors, a reminder about OTT office hours on the main campus and information about the Departmental Technology Transfer Team and its members.
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts: Prototyping for Commercialization (.pps) | Handout (.pps)
  
  
• Thursday, June 7, 2007 - V. Hess, Senior VP, Small Business, Howard County Economic Development Authority gave a key note talk titled: The Center for Business and Technology Development
  There was a discussion about disclosing inventions and Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts: The Center for Business and Technology Development(.pps) | Handout (.ppt)
  
  
• Thursday, February 8, 2007 - P. Arsenault, VP Business Development, Optech, Inc. gave a key note talk titled: A Licensee's Perspective
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts: A Licensee's Perspective (.pps) | Handout (.ppt)
  
  
• Tuesday, October 3, 2006 - H. K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D., Department Head of JHU/APL's Technical Services gave a key note talk titled: An Inventor's Perspective
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts: An Inventor's Perspective (.pps) | Handout (.pps)
  
  
• Thursday, June 8, 2006 - S. R. Ludwig, Ph.D., Esq., of Stern Kessler Goldstein Fox, Attorneys at Law, gave a key note talk titled: Patents: What you Should Know.
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts: Patents:What You Should Know (.ppt) | Handout (.ppt)
  
  
• Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - Michael S. Steele, Lt. Governor State of Maryland gave a key note talk on Maryland Economic Development and presented award plaques to inventors.
  See videos and photographs of Lt. Governor Steele's visit and speech
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - Innovative Seed Stage Funding Programs for Technology Transfer and Development with a key note talk by P. A. Singerman, President/Executive Director of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• Friday, December 10, 2004 - OTT - The First Five Years: Summary and Road Forward with a key note talk by W. E. Swann, Director of the APL Office of Technology Transfer
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - Funding opportunities for APL inventors with a key note talk by L. Saffer, Ph.D. of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• Thursday, February 26, 2004
  Panel discussion with APL Sponsors featuring Dr. R. Polidan of NASA, S. Landau of the U.S. Navy and C. Paust of the Department of Defense
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• November 4, 2003 - Patents and Pasta
  Panel discussion of commercial licensees of APL technology featuring R. S. Kolessar of Arbitron Inc., P. D. McGee of the Bio-Defense Research Group and R. L.Wallace of The BiTH Group, Inc.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• June 10, 2003 - Patents at a Picnic
  Panel discussion of APL inventors featuring J. Hanson (NSTD), D. Blodgett (AMDD) and T. Frey (SSD)
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• February 11, 2003 - Key note talk by Mrs. C. E. Gonsalves
  Industrial Specialist, Department of Defense
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)

• October 3, 2002 - Key note talk by Mr. R. Habal
  Associate, Mohr, Davidow Ventures
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)

• March 12, 2002 - Key note talk by Dr. R. A. DeMarco
  Associate Technical Director, Office of Naval Research
  Patent awards were presented.

• November 19, 2001 - Key note talk by Dr. C. Cottell
  Director of Technology Transfer, Naval Research Laboratory
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  

• June 4, 2001 - "The APL Technology Transfer Cycle: From Invention to Royalties"
  Part 3 of 3 - Licensing/Royalty and Development Income.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• March 16, 2001 - "The APL Technology Transfer Cycle: From Invention to Royalties"
  Part 2 of 3 - Intellectual Property Protection/Marketing.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt):
  • Marketing APL Inventions
  • Intellectual Property Protection
    
    
• January 30, 2001 - "The APL Technology Transfer Cycle: From Invention to Royalties"
  Part 1 of 3 - Invention/Assessment.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)

• October 31, 2000 - "From Flower to Akorn: A Case Study of the Cycle of Technology Transfer"
  Patent awards were presented.
  
  
• March 23, 2000 - "Software Patenting"
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• January 14, 2000 - "What Do I Do, When Do I Do It, and What Does It Mean?"
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.doc)
  
  
• November 15, 1999 - "Invention, Inventorship, and Documentation"
  Patent awards were presented.