The WIPO EIE Program in Thailand Assisting Universities to Accelerate the Innovation Economy via Commercialization John Fraser, President of Burnside Development & Assoc. LLC, Washington DC, and Teaching Faculty Member/Consultant to the WIPO EIE Program GII Workshop Bangkok, Thailand Thursday October 4, 2018.
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The WIPO EIE Program in Thailand Assisting Universities to Accelerate the Innovation Economy via Commercialization
John Fraser, President of Burnside Development & Assoc. LLC, Washington DC, and Teaching Faculty Member/Consultant to the WIPO EIE Program
GII Workshop Bangkok, Thailand Thursday October 4, 2018.
Who is John Fraser ? President of Burnside Development, a technology transfer consulting firm.
Clients in Chile, China, Serbia, USA, WIPO-Geneva.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, NIST, a national lab in Washington DC.
President, Chair of the Board of AUTM in 2006-2007, the global association of academic technology transfer professionals.
Founder/Head of 4 Academic Technology Transfer Offices:
§ 2 not-for-profit; 2 for-profit. 2 in US. 2 in Canada.
Shareholder/Founder of 3 start-up firms. Midwife for another 40+
Assist. VP of Research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida and Director, Office of Commercialization (2014-1996).
Vice President of TTC, a Venture Capital Investment firm, Toronto.
WIPO Project: Enabling IP Environment (EIE)
This project is supported by WIPO-Japan Funds in Trust (FIT).
PURPOSE:
Assisting Universities to help Accelerate
the National Innovation Economy via Transfer of Knowledge
(called ‘Knowledge Transfer’/’Technology Transfer’/’Commercialization’) in selected South East Asia countries.
Academic Technology Transfer: Definitions
Technology Transfer is the importation of finished products which tends to suppresses local innovation and restricts the economy.
Academic Technology Transfer is the transfer of knowledge from a national lab or campus to the private sector to help solve a problem or create a product which enhances innovation and improves the economy.
Academic Technology Transfer – the Process. Identify research results with commercial potential; evaluate the potential; protect the intellectual property (IP); find a corporate partner; transfer the legal right to attempt to commercialize the IP and research results into a product.
Academic Technology Transfer: Definitions - 2
Intellectual Property is knowledge which is protectable nationally via government i.e. Patent, Copyright, or simply retained as knowledge called ‘Know-How’.
Focus of EIE Project: q Innovation system – Policies + Budget + Opportunities.
q Organizational structure – academic and corporate ‘intrapreneurs’.
q Competency based capacity building – academic and corporate.
Sponsorship of Research, particularly the IP Terms
Donations and Gift Funding
Interdisciplinary Centers & Collaborations
Industrial Affiliate Programs
Licensing of University Intellectual Property
Technology classes or Workshops Classes for Company Employees
Visiting Scholars from Industry and Company Employees teaching
at University
University-managed Science Parks/Incubators
Faculty Consulting
Does it Work?
Examples: Non USA faculty members
India: Eggplant – Sathguru (India) a private company and Cornell University (US), added a pest inhibitor gene and distributed varieties throughout SE Asia.
Chile: Pontifical University of Chile, Santiago, invented an earthquake damping device sold widely throughout the Pacific Rim via a private spin-out company.
Philippines: University of San Carlos, Cebu City, created a process for mango waste (peels and seeds) to be converted into high value products in the form of flour, pectin, antioxidants, polyphenols, briquettes. Scaled up (50T/day) through a spinout company financed by a local entrepreneur who hired former scavengers from the waste dumps operate the processing plant.
Q: Who is the #3 Mango producer globally?
Does it Work?
YES !
WIPO EIE: Targeted Outcomes
Consultations, Identification of Participating Institutions, Steering
Committee membership identified, Charter Agreements signed.
Then Program Implementation with Workshops (Policies +
Commercialization activities for academic and company participants),
Institutional Visits and Regional Conferences for Institutional leadership.
Year 1: OUTCOME 1
EIE Project Implementation
Transaction Metrics prior to EIE Implementation: (Data collected
informally during Workshop #1, June, 2017):
Amongst the 1 HUB + 5 spokes prior to EIE Implementation:
- active in academic licensing: average of 12 years
- existing company licenses signed in 2016: average 14 each
- ‘spinout companies’ licenses in 2016 average ~2 each
- products in the market in 2016: average 6 each
Year 1: OUTCOME 1
EIE Project Implementation
The Hub and Spoke institutions have established and/or strengthened IP
management structures for technology, development, management and
commercialization.
Year 2 to 6 : OUTCOME 2
EIE Project Implementation
Staff members of Hub and Spoke institutions (in charge of technology and
knowledge transfer or techno-entrepreneurship) have the required skills
to effectively manage and commercialize technologies.
By the end of Year 6 : OUTCOME 3
EIE Project Implementation
A community of technology professionals is organized with strong
linkages, networks and collaborations with other stakeholders and actors