UILO Achievements 2003/04
In 2003/04 the University/Industry
Liaison Office (UILO) at Simon Fraser University (SFU) achieved the following
results:
Technology Disclosures
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|
Technology
disclosures 2003/04
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27
|
Total
disclosures to date (1985 - 2004)
|
436
|
|
Intellectual Property Management
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|
Patent
applications filed 2003/04
|
15
|
Patent
applications filed to date (1985 - 2004)
|
189
|
Technologies
for which patent applications have been initiated
|
100
|
New
patents issued 2003/04
|
5
|
Patents
issued to date (1985 - 2004)
|
66
|
Patents
abandoned 2003/04
|
1
|
Patents
abandoned to date (1985 - 2004)
|
18
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Patents
in good standing
|
48
|
|
Commercialization of Technologies
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|
New
technology assignment and revenue sharing agreements
|
8
|
New
license agreements 2003/04
|
5
|
License
agreements signed to date (1985 - 2004)
|
60
|
License
agreements in force
|
44
|
Technologies
sold/assigned to date (1991-2004)
|
11
|
Other
revenue-generating technology transfer agreements
2003/04
|
39
|
Material
transfer agreements 2003/04
|
10
|
|
Business Development
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|
Spin-off
companies incorporated/formed 2003/04
|
3
|
Active
spin-off companies
|
46
|
Total
spin-off companies formed
|
69
|
New
equity acquisitions in spin-off companies
|
3
|
Spin-off
companies where SFU/SFUV holds equity
|
30
|
Gross
revenues 2003/04
|
$152,079
|
Cumulative
total gross revenues (1991-2004)
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$2,862,764
|
Investment
in spin-offs facilitated by UILO 2003/04
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$16,556,000
|
Cumulative
total facilitated investment in spin-offs (1997-2004)
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$50,957,073
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|
Prototype Development Fund
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|
Applications
to Prototype Development Fund 2003/04
|
11
= $123,654
|
Applications
to Prototype Development Fund - funded
|
9
= $76,990
|
|
MarketStudies
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|
Market
studies completed 2003/04
|
2
|
Market
studies completed to date (1985-2004)
|
51
|
|
Research Proposals, Grants and Contracts
|
|
Research
funding proposals facilitated by UILO
|
38
|
Industry-sponsored
research grants
|
52
= $2,496,519
|
Industry-sponsored
research contracts
|
14
= $2,484,575
|
|
Science & Technology Awareness/Public Relations
|
|
Committees
on which staff maintained membership
|
25
|
Corporate
boards of directors on which staff served
|
7
|
Exhibits
and trade shows in which staff participated
|
5
|
Speaking
engagements/presentations by staff
|
27
|
Conferences
and special events organized/sponsored by UILO
|
36
|
Meetings/seminars/conferences/trade
missions attended
|
108
|
Visits
to/from educational/tech. transfer institutions/organizations
|
56
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|
Publicity/Communications
|
|
Media
articles/stories generated
|
20
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Publicity
instruments written/developed/distributed
|
15
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