Working with the F

and Federal Laborato

Theresa A. Baus, Ph.D. Jame

FLC Vice Chair Pa

Naval Undersea Warfare Cen

Newport, RI

WBT Showcase

16 March 2010
Overview

• Overview of U.S. Federal Techn

• Role of the Federal Lab Consort

Transfer (FLC)

• Identifying Potential U.S. Feder

• Selected Examples of Tech Tran

• Technology Transfer Mechanism

Kasischke
Federal Technology Trans

Technology transfer is the process by which knowledge

or capabilities developed under federal research and d

(R&D) funding are utilized to fulfill public and private n

occur:• Between the government and non‐government e

• Between government entities (labs/agencies)

.... and designed to:

‐ enhance agency mission capabilities

‐ increase return on R&D investment

‐ support economic growth and development‐ enhance U.S. competitiveness
Results of Legislative Hist

(Current Tech Transfer Enviro

• Technology transfer is a mission of the feder

• ORTAs (Lab T2 Offices) established

• Small businesses, universities and not‐for‐pr

inventions made with federal funds

• Federal agencies receive greater, more flexib

licensing authority

• Lab scientists can participate in royalty incom

• Mechanisms and incentives to implement te

including CRADAs, etc.
What is the FLC?

The FLC:• Formally created by Congress under the Fed

Technology Transfer Act (Public Law 99‐502)

• Composed of tech transfer professionals fro

laboratories, their respective agencies, and affili

• The only government‐wide forum for techno

Membership reflects:

18 federal departments and agencies

> Over 250 fed gov’t R&D laboratories and cente

> $100 billion annual budget> 100,000 scientists & engineers
FLC Primary Activitie

• Education and Training

• Sharing Best Practices/Networki

– National and Regional Meetings & 

• Professional Recognition

• Communications and Coordinat

“To add value to the federal agencies

their partners to accomplish the rap

research and development resour

mainstream of the U.S. eco
Accessing Federal

Technology/Capabiliti

(Entry Points)

• FLC (e.g., Technology Locator Ser

– www.federallabs.org

• Agency (e.g., T2 Office; Partners

– Laboratory/Institute (Lab T2 Office

• Individual Scientists & Engineers

Examples of Federal Tech 
Hybrid Solar Lighti

(DOE: Oak Ridge Nationa

• A roof-mounted collector 

concentrates sunlight into a bundle of plastic optical fibers which are routed to multiple 

“hybrid

”

luminaires that blend natural light with artificial light, maintaining a constant level of lighting. 

• ORNL patented the technology in 

2003 and licensed it in 2005 to Sunlight Direct, LLC, a local startup company that emerged from ORNL. The principal was granted part-time entrepreneurial leave status by UT-Battelle, LLC, the management and operating contractor for ORNL under contract to DOE. 

2006 R&D 100 Award winner
Enhanced Digital Imagin

(DoD‐Navy: Naval Undersea Warfare 

• Enhanced Digital Imaging uses

wavelets for multi‐resolution

analysis, feature enhancement, and

noise reduction. The use of wavelet

mathematics makes this method

more robust than previousenhancement techniques and allows

foreign objects to be more readily

identified.

• Developed by the Naval Undersea

Warfare Center

Division Newport

• Exclusively licensed to Advanced

Image Enhancement (AIE), Inc.

• 3‐way CRADA with Rhode Island

Slater Fund

Existing 

Segm

AIE D

2007 IEEE Electro Technology Trans
Portable Chemical Sterilize

(DOD‐Army: Natick Soldier System 

• The PCS is a portable sterilizing apparatus

that functions without electricity – using a

patented chlorine dioxide combinationmixed in simple water and functions in

just 30 minutes.

• The Natick Soldier Center collaborated

with academia and the Medical Research

and Materiel Command ‐Institute of

Surgical Research to invent, patent and

transfer this technology to commercialindustry via two PLAs negotiated by DOD

Techlink.

• PCS technology won a 2005 Army R&D

Achievement Award for Technical

Excellence and contributed to Natick

Soldier Center winning the 2006 Army

Small R&D Lab of the Year Award.
Aerosol Vaccination Dev

(HHS: Center for Disease Co

• The CDC and C

a handheld, ba

(for respiratory 

vaccines) with 

interfaces.

• Technology wa

AerovectRx Co

Confidential DMaterial TransCommercial Ev

Agreement, an

License Agreem

• The technolog

sanitary, custocontrolled deli

or the mouth ‐

animal studies 

and will be inc

later this year.
www.federallabs.o

Theresa A.Baus, Ph.D

Head, Technology Partnership Enterprise 

Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Theresa.Baus@navy.mil

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