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Facilitating Technology Transfer for Universities

& Laboratories

Clifford M. Gross, Ph.D.

AMEX: UTK

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Company Overview

UTEK Corporation (www.utekcorp.com) is an American Stock Exchange listed technology transfer company

– We are the only company that facilitates the identification and acquisition of external technologies by clients in exchange for their equity, while allowing research institutions to enjoy 100% of the royalties. 

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Vision Statement

To enhance the growth & value of technology companies with university & laboratory intellectual capital

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Enhance the growth & value of companies with university & laboratory research innovations– Minimize invention risk & expense by outsourcing

basic research to universities & federal laboratories– Provide a platform to allow companies to access

externally developed technology through our unique services

– Empower clients to use their equity to acquire new technologies

Mission Statement

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U2B® Business Model

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U2B® Business Model (continued) 

  

 

Asset Acquisition

Tech Transfer

Asset Sale

 

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U2B® Business Model (continued)

UTEK is technology neutral Technologies reviewed by management and the

Scientific Advisory Council must satisfy the following criteria:

– Major technological leap forward– Global market currently exists– Socially responsible technology– Customer in place

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Technologies Transferred with U2B® Business Model

Biomedical • Test for colon, testicular and ovarian cancers• Convert MRI images from gray scale to true color• Enhance the clarity of MRI images•Transdermal drug delivery using microspheres•Nitrone-based antioxidant compound for skin care products• Improve human nutrition with an all-natural, high fiber, carbohydrate-based fat replacement•Functional electrical stimulation for muscle control

Software• Produce photo-realistic talking heads for e-commerce•Voice controlled internet browser•Website to permit individuals to acquire answers to health and medical questions from board certified physicians, in a confidential and secure environment•Website for enhancing human nutrition•Digitally watermark stereo audio signals•Software to reduce electrical energy consumption in buildings

Safety & Security • MEMS sensor for detecting land mines and other explosives•Remotely, non-contact chemical detection and analysis•Electroluminescent technology to enhance the visibility of wheelchairs and other wheeled vehicles•Electroluminescent lighted-lines with high tensile strength for police, fire and other first responders•Lighted helmet for safety & other applications

Environmental• Removal of arsenic from drinking water• Rapid detection of E. coli bacteria in food and water•Spectrophotometry to identify microorganisms in water • Extract Cryptosporidium and Giardia (disease-causing parasites) from water

Science & Engineering• Non-thermal deicing of land-based vehicles (windshields & tires)•Non-thermal deicing for ground surfaces•Extract commodity chemicals from recycled tires•Carbon fiber rebar to strengthen concrete

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UTEK® Solution

UTEK bridges the tech transfer gap with U2B®

University or research

institution funds basic research

Research completed, but requires additional funding and marketing

to commercialize

Additional funding and marketing to transfer

new technology

Technology developed, licensed and transferred U2B®

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U2B® Benefits

Research institutions– Receive 100% royalties– Very low cost technology marketing program– Rapid execution of licensing agreements– Result: More frequent and faster technology transfers

Technology companies– Expand core technology– Create new product pipeline while conserving cash

Faster time to market (buy vs. grow)– Develop R&D outsourcing relationships with leading research

institutions– Rapid execution of licensing agreements– Result: Increase company value

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UTEK’s TechEx & UVentures On-line Technology Exchanges

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Sourcing and Transferring Technologies in Europe

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Enhancing Communication For Technology Transfer Professionals

                         

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UTEK® Scientific Advisory Council

Thirty scientists in diversified disciplines, including one Nobel laureate and two university presidents

– Walter Kohn, Ph.D., - Physical chemistry University of California at Santa Barbara (Nobel Prize recipient)

– Marcel Crochet, Ph.D. - Fluid mechanics Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

– Anders Flodström, Ph.D. - Semiconductor physics President of the Kungl Tekniska Högskolan Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

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U2B® Summary

Ability to meet company demand to acquire important technologies

U2B® is the first, just-in-time, technology transfer model- universities receive 100% of all royalties

U2B® allows companies to use their equity to directly grow their intellectual capital

U2B® business model distributes risk and facilitates technology transfers

U2B® is a new tool to help build a more efficient marketplace between university technology suppliers and companies that need externally developed intellectual capital to grow