San Diego, located in southern California, has
long been known as a hot bed for biotechnology research. Interestingly,
the article notes that of all the University of California campuses the San
Diego campus leads in number of patents. UCSD produces more patents than
UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and all of the other UC campuses. It also
produces more deals, more invention disclosures and sometimes even more
startups. The Director, Ruben Flores-Saiib, notes that this is maybe
because of the size of the institution and number of departments.
Flores-Saiib, a recent hire at UCSD, also discusses efforts to expand
opportunities for UCSD start-ups including a partnership with a VC that
evaluates all startups from the university. He further notes some of the
patent prosecution firms UCSD uses as well as stating that they apparently
avoid up front licensing fees and are flexible in working with milestones and
royalty payments for firms.
Notably, Tech Transfer Central is offering a webinar (Thursday, February 23rd) on
successful strategies by "overperforming" smaller technology transfer
offices by technology transfer officers from Wilkes University and Southern
Mississippi University. Here is a description of the webinar:
Our presenters represent two distinctly different tech
transfer offices in distinctly different areas of the country. Each presents
its own unique set of challenges, but both TTOs have thrived by employing
unique methods for doing more with less, and implementing efficiency strategies
that allow for high ratios of commercialization per research dollar and per
FTE. Whether your office is considered small or not, you’ll come away from this
nuts-and-bolts session with dozens of proven strategies for stretching your
budget and your staff, and boosting your TTO’s deal flow. Register today for
this information-packed webinar filled with best practices and tons of
takeaways. Our panelists will discuss:
- How to navigate your high-dollar budget line items using:
o Volunteers
o Interns
o Alumni
- How to impact your local and regional start-up community and the economic development goals with a smaller budget and fewer staff
- Small office strategies for building strong TTO/faculty relationships
- Ecosystem development in smaller markets
- Strategies for filling the funding gap in flyover regions
- How a variety of approaches to commercialization benefit smaller ecosystems:
o Traditional
licensing
- Entrepreneurial focus
- Engaging corporations in smaller regions
- Tactical and strategic methods for success with limited resources
- Lessons learned and forecast for the future
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