Patents at a Picnic
Intellectual Property Seminar
10 June 2003
Office of Technology Transfer and
Office of Patent Counsel
Agenda
11:00
Welcome Remarks
Norma Lee Todd
11:05
In-Reach Team Survey Results
Norma Lee Todd
11:10
Presentation of Awards
Frank Cooch
Wayne Swann
11:20
Panel Discussion
Jeff Hanson – NSTD
Dave Blodgett – ADSD
Tim Frey – SSD
12:00
Lunch
2002 In-Reach Survey
• 21 staff members participated
• They ranked the 16 benefits of technology
transfer in order of importance
• 5 Chosen as most important results of
technology Transfer
Top 5 Selections
1. Technology Transfer enables unrestricted
funds for future scientific research and
development
2. Technology Transfer enhances JHU/APL’s
image as creative and innovative
3. Licensing Income
4. Technology Transfer benefits proposal
award and future funding for programs
5. Income awards the technical staff
Patent Awards
U.S. Patents Issued to
JHU/APL Inventors
Patents at a Picnic
June 10, 2003
Video Opto-Diagnostic
Instrument With
Single-Adjustment Focus
U.S. Patent No. 6,511,420
Richard A. Farrell
Lorenz J. Happel, Jr.
Russell L. McCally
Device and Method
for Rapid Chest Tube
Insertion
U.S. Patent No. 6,517,519
Ron S. Rosen
John C. Murphy
Christopher Graham
Scatter Controlled Emission for
Optical Taggants and
Chemical Sensors
U.S. Patent No. 6,528,318
Joseph A. Miragliotta
Richard C. Benson
Robert Osiander
Focused X-ray Scatter
Reduction Grid
U.S. Patent No. 6,529,582
Howard S. Feldmesser
Paul R. Falk
Thomas J. Beck
Harry K. Charles, Jr.
Global Positioning System
Roadside Integrated Precision
Positioning System
U.S. Patent No. 6,560,535
Larry J. Levy
Thomas Thompson
David S. Hohman
Thomas M. Murdock
Edwin E. Westerfield
Thomas M. Hattox
Thomas L. Kusterer
Telescoping Spar Platform
And Method of Using Same
U.S. Patent No. 6,564,741
Carl V. Nelson
Panel Discussion
Speakers:
Jeff Hanson
NSTD
David Blodgett
ADSD
Tim Frey
SSD
APL-WAVES
Technology Transfer Experience
Jeffrey L. Hanson
Jeff.Hanson@jhuapl.edu
June 9, 2003
Office of Technology Transfer
Panel Discussion
Ocean Surface Wave
Coastal and offshore wave monitoring
Analysis
Tools
Wave impact studies
Wave process investigations
Wave model diagnostics and validation
Offshore design criteria
Wave database development
APL-WAVES Tech Transfer
Timeline
JHU Research Fellowship
Wave Id and Tracking Sys
(WITS)
Wave Vector History Map
95
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03
Wind Sea
Swells
04
APL-WAVES Tech Transfer
Timeline
JHU Research Fellowship
Wave Id and Tracking Sys
(WITS)
95
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01
WITS Used To Track
Wave Systems in US Navy Testing
02
03
04
APL-WAVES Tech Transfer
Timeline
JHU Research Fellowship
Wave Id and Tracking Sys
(WITS)
Oceans 2000 Conference
NOAA: Not interested
95
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01
02
Licensed to Shell Research Group
Offshore Structure Design Criteria
WITS Used To Track
Wave Systems in US Navy Testing
03
04
APL-WAVES Tech Transfer
Timeline
JHU Research Fellowship
Wave Id and Tracking Sys
(WITS)
Oceans 2000 Conference
NOAA: Not interested
Development
95
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01
02
Licensed to Shell Research Group
Offshore Structure Design Criteria
WITS Used To Track
Wave Systems in US Navy Testing
Shell Accelerated
Development License
03
04
Integrated Wave System
Analysis
For Offshore Design Criteria
Wave Partitioning
Windsea Identification
Swell Identification
Wave System Statistics
Wave System Tracking
Storm Source Estimation
APL-WAVES Tech Transfer
Timeline
JHU Research Fellowship
Wave Id and Tracking Sys
(WITS)
Oceans 2002
Conference
Oceans 2000 Conference
NOAA: Not interested
Development
95
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01
02
Licensed to Shell Research Group
03
AXYS Environmental
Exclusive Global
Distribution License
Offshore Structure Design Criteria
WITS Used To Track
Wave Systems in US Navy Testing
Shell Accelerated
Development License
04
APL-WAVES Tech Transfer
Timeline
JHU Research Fellowship
Wave Id and Tracking Sys
(WITS)
Oceans 2002
Conference
Oceans 2000 Conference
NOAA: Not interested
Development
95
00
01
02
Licensed to Shell Research Group
03
04
AXYS Environmental
Exclusive Global
Distribution License
Offshore Structure Design Criteria
WITS Used To Track
Wave Systems in US Navy Testing
Shell Accelerated
Development License
Oceanology International 2003 Tech Transfer Booth
Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health
Objective
Dental health care and research workers require a means of imaging the
internal structure of teeth in vivo
• detection of poor bonding or voids between restorative material and dentin
• detection of tooth decay in the early stage
• visualization of periodontal defects
Conventional x-ray techniques have difficulty detecting cracks and visualizing
interfaces between two hard media (due to silhouette image)
Office of Technology Transfer Panel Discussion:
Concrete Structure Characterization
and Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health
D.W. Blodgett
Air Defense Systems Department
Electro-Optics Group (A1F)
Co-Inventors:
Kevin C. Baldwin (A1F)
Donald D. Duncan (A1F)
George Vojtech (ST1)
June 10, 2003
Concrete Structure Characterization
Objective
Develop non-destructive, portable sensing capabilities for reinforced concrete
structures such as bridge pilings, bridge decks, support walls, docks, piers,
etc… The final goal being to determine overall structural integrity and the
presence (level) of re-bar delamination. Delamination may be caused by
corrosion or any natural or man-made processes.
Operational
Theory
Accelerometer
Accelerometer
Audio
Speaker
Audio
speaker
Acoustic waves
Re-bar
Lock-in amplifier
Concrete Piling
Generation
• Acoustic speaker excites resonant modes in embedded re-bar
• re-bar acts as “buried” source in concrete and re-radiates acoustic energy
• as speaker drive frequency approaches re-bar resonance, re-bar vibration amplitude increases and
vibrations are carried to the surface of the concrete
Detection
• Accelerometer/ laser vibrometer provides broadband detection of re-bar vibrations on concrete surface
• lock-in detection of vibrometer signal provides very high SNR
• requires no special surface preparation of concrete
• Location and amplitude of detected vibrations related to degree of disbond (corrosion) of re-bar
Concrete Structure Characterization
Timeline
Funding Milestones
• Originally funded under JHU/APL Transportation IR&D Program in 2000
• Additional funding received under OTT Prototype Development Fund in 2001
• Applied for but did not receive funding from Federal Highway Administration
IDEA Program in 2002
Miscellaneous Milestones
• Invention disclosure submitted in 2000
• Patent application filed in 2002
• Finalist for OTT Invention of the Year in 2001
• Presented work at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Nondestructive
Evaluation (CNDE) Annual Meeting in 2002
• Presented work at SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference in 2003
• Licensed signed by the BiTH Group in 2003
• Technology assessment performed by John Fraser (OTT consultant) in 2003
Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health
Dentin-Enamel Junction Characterization
Wave propagation
direction
0.20
Displacement [A.U.]
0.15
DEJ
0.10
0.05
Tooth Section
0.00
-0.05
Tooth Phantom
-0.10
-0.15
DEJ
-0.20
-0.25
Cu Section
0
Al Section
1
2
3
4
Time [s]
Comparison of tooth phantom and sectioned tooth cross sections with corresponding
measured ultrasonic waveforms
• tooth phantoms and tooth sections prepared to characterize the effects of the DEJ on onedimensional acoustic wave propagation
• measured waveforms very similar indicating close match of acoustic reflectance (0.18 vs. 0.176)
Ultrasonic Assessment of Tooth Health
Timeline
Funding Milestones
• Original work performed “on the side” starting in 2000
• Received funding under OTT Prototype Development Fund from 2001 to 2003
• Received funding under Air Defense Systems Department Technology
Development Fund in 2002
Miscellaneous Milestones
• Invention disclosure submitted in 2000
• Finalist for OTT Invention of the Year in 2001
• Presented work at SPIE BIOS from 2000-2003
• Technology assessment performed by Fran Meyer (OTT consultant) in 2001
• Met with Gendex Dentsply in 2002 to explore technology transfer
Reinforcing Human Interaction Skills
Through Simulations
Tim Frey
Program Manager
Strategic Systems Department
10 June 2003
Potential Applications
Already built
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Recruiting
Suicide intervention
Courtroom testimony
US Customs interview
Informant management
Parent-child discussions
Rape-victim interview
Forensic testimony
Physician interviews
Census interviews
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Employee coaching
Employment interviews
Sexual Harassment
Sales, diversity
Risk communication
Cultural sensitivity
Conflict resolution
Bedside manners
Courtroom ethics
Spousal interactions
Timeline
Detection of
Deception Trainer
for FBI
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OTT Funding
IR&D Funding
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Army Suicide Intervention,
Marine Recruiting,
US Customs Airport Interview
Trainer Products developed
01
Attempts at
US provisional
multiple license
patent app. filed
Full patent app. deals began
filed in US, 11
foreign countries
02
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Start-up
company
launched
Divisional patent
application filed
The Start-Up Company
• APL licensed technology start-up company
(Simmersion, LLC) in Fall 2002
– Exclusive license
– Cash + Equity deal
• APL currently subcontracting remainder of projects
to Simmersion
– Will direct all new business in this area to them
What does this mean for you?
• OTT has strong history of successful technology
transfer to private industry
– License deals and start-ups
– Founded on intellectual capital of talented APL staff
• Your innovation could be marketable!
– Explore options with OTT
– Creative ways to stay involved with your technology after
it’s been licensed