TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

NO.5 JULY 2007

Technology Transfer is an international activity.

Tim Cook and Tom Hockaday travelled to Washington DC in May to present a seminar on the Oxford Model of University Technology Transfer at the US Library of Congress (see right).

David Baghurst travelled to Japan to present a wide range of innovative Oxford technologies to potential licensee companies and develop our activities with Japanese Universities (see below).

A cornerstone of Isis is our patenting activity, where we protect Oxford inventions with international patent applications.   Isis has featured strongly in a survey of biotechnology patent activity and Isis has been granted its 100th US patent (see below).

Oxford spin-out companies operate internationally: Natural Motion has been catching the attention of the games industry, including California based LucasArts, since attending E3 in Los Angeles (the world’s leading games trade show) last year; and Oxitec is trialling its pest control technology in the US.

All Isis business activities are thriving.  I wish you all a bright summer.

Yours 

Tom Hockaday, Managing Director

Isis on the web

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New Oxford Spin-outs:

Clinox

Articles

Isis leads European patent activity in biotechnology
Isis leads European patent activity in biotechnology according to a new report published by Marks and Clerk patent attorneys.

Globalising Technology Transfer
Dr David Baghurst, Head of the Physical Sciences Group at Isis, reports on his most recent and third annual trip to Japan.

100th US Patent
Isis Innovation Ltd has been granted its 100th Patent from the US Patent Office.  In this invention, Oxford University researchers have devised a new method of selectively oxidising terpenes to produce compounds of particular interest to the perfumery, flavour and pharmaceutical industries. 

Spin-Out News

We are pleased to announce our latest new spin-out company based on Oxford University research:

Clinox
Clinox was spun-out in June 2007.

Spin-out Portfolio Updates

Oxitec receives approval for US trials
Oxitec Ltd. is developing effective and environment-friendly techniques to control insect pests that are important to agriculture and public health.

Natural Motion's technology in top selling game
Rockstar Games confirmed in June 2007 that it is using NaturalMotion's euphoria technology in the computer Grand Theft Auto IV due for release in late 2007.

New Oxford Technology & Research

Isis commercialises technology and research opportunities from Oxford; these are some current examples:

"Smart Meters" Outsmarted!
A new utility metering device helps consumers identify the use, or more appropriately misuse, of appliances in the home and work environment.

Visible Light Photocatalyst
A new production method gives photocatalysts with high activity to visible light. The materials have applications in water and air purification, anti-soiling for building materials and anti-bacterial properties.

Tissueflex Cell Culture Technology
Innovative small-scale bioreactors for cell and tissue culture that give greatly improved reliability and reproducibility of results, while requiring minimum operators’ intervention.

Stay on top of the latest University of Oxford innovations by registering for the Isis Technology Update email.  

Meet Isis One of the strengths of Isis project groups is that the staff have experience of both the worlds of academia and industry. Learn >Who's Who at Isis, for example: Stuart Wilkinson , Project Manager, Physical Science Group Stuart gained an M.Eng in Metallurgy and the Science of Materials at the University of Oxford prior to completing a DPhil in Biomaterials for artificial bone materials. During the following 3 years Stuart was a Knowledge Transfer Enterprise Fellow and then an Advanced Technologies Programme Manager at Oxford University Begbroke Science Park. At Begbroke he: developed the interactive tools to explain the key concepts in emerging technologies to a general audience; managed the University's Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) office;and developed the Universities part time post-graduate programme and MSc in Nanotechnology. Stuart joined Isis in May 2007.

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Events

The following is a forthcoming event:

Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health

The first Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health will address the challenge of Bridging the Gap in Global Health Innovation - from Needs to Access, examining emerging international systems of innovation and their implications for the management of technology transfer for global health.

The Oxford University 21st Century Challenge Competition

The Oxford University 21st Century Challenge Competition is a new international entrepreneurship competition, jointly organised by the Oxford Science Enterprise Centre (OxSEC) and the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilisation (JMI) at the Said Business School, Oxford.

The competition is looking for bold and innovative business ideas that can help to solve the key environmental, health and social challenges of the 21st Century. Entries to the competition will be accepted into one of the following challenge tracks:
Tomorrow's Planet - the environment
Tomorrow's People - healthcare and medicine
Tomorrow's Wealth - wealth distribution