& Office of Patent Counsel

Patents and PizzaIntellectual Property Seminar

4 October 2005

Office of Technology Transfer and Office of Patent Counsel

& Office of Patent Counsel

Agenda

11:00 Welcome/Opening Remarks Norma Lee Todd

11:05 OTT Performance Metrics Wayne Swann

11:15 Introduction of Keynote Speaker Wayne Swann

11:20 Keynote Address Lt. Gov. Michael Steele

11:45 Presentation of Patent Awards Lt. Gov. Michael Steele

Wayne Swann12:00 Lunch

& Office of Patent Counsel& Office of Patent Counsel

APL Start-Up Companies

15 NEW COMPANIES STARTED (53 new jobs created)

• BioConneXions, LLC – Fetal heart rate monitoring and other anesthesia technologies

• Bio-Defense Research Group, Inc. – Developed Path-Away™, and air-borne pathogen neutralization technology

• Link Plus Corp – integrated wireless modules which are designed to allow customers to dramatically reduce their time to market

• Nascent Medical Technologies, Inc. – JHU SOM start-up company for bioimpedance measuring of the uterine cervix

• Optemax, LLC – Free-space optical communications

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APL - US Patents

Technology Transfer Summary

Performance Metrics 6-Year Totals

• Inventions 787• Licenses 153• Total US Patent Applications 1012• Issued US Patents 132• Start-up Companies 15• Licensing Income (~$ Millions) 17• Associated R&D Funding (~$ Millions) 10

Technology Transfer Summary

Keynote Address

Maryland Lt. Governor

Michael S. Steele

Patent Awards

6,908,793Method for Fabricating a Semiconductor Device

Mark N. Martin

6,917,329Flexible Architecture GPS Receiver

J. Marsh Dougherty

6,927,577Digital Nulling Pulse Inductive Metal Detector

Carl V. Nelson

6,897,822Spiral Resonator-Slot Antenna

Kenneth D. SparksRobert T. Soranno

6,898,459System and Method for Diagnosing Pathologic Heart Conditions

Carleton S. HayekW. Reid Thompson, IIIJoseph S. LombardoLisa A. BlodgettCharles B. Cooperman

6,909,324High-Efficiency Solid State Power Amplifier

Robert E. WallisSheng Cheng

6,924,147Method of Making A Polymeric Food Spoilage Sensor

Craig A. KellyGeorge M. MurrayO. Manuel Uy

6,930,298Method and Structure for Minimizing Error Sources in Image and Position Sensing Detectors

Kim StrohbehnMark N. Martin

6,931,166Optical Sensor and Method for Detecting Projectile Impact Location and Velocity Vector

Leo R. Gauthier, Jr.David G. Drewry, Jr.Leroy Brunner

6,934,630GPS Receiver Tracking System

Lloyd A. LinstromDennis J. Duven

6,941,424System, Method, and Computer Program Product for High Speed DMA-Based Backplane Messaging

Paul R. BadeSteven A. KahnDavid M. Verven

6,943,344Microchannel Plate Detector Assembly for a Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

Timothy J. CornishScott A. Ecelberger