SAIC-Frederick, Inc. Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Technology Transfer is the sharing of knowledge and facilities among different entities such as Federal laboratories, industry, universities, Federal, state and local governments and third party intermediaries. Federal technology transfer programs aim to make federally generated scientific and technological development accessible to private industry and state and local government. These recipients are encouraged to develop the technology further into new products, processes. Materials or services that will improve the quality of life and enhance industrial competitiveness. The instruments for this transfer of technology are through transactional agreements, such as material transfer agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, licenses and corporative research and development agreements.
Intellectual Property can be defined as “Creations of the mind” - creative works or ideas embodied in a form that can be shared or can enable others to recreate, emulate, or manufacture them. There are four ways to protect intellectual property - patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secrets. Under the terms of the Operations and Technical Support (OTS) contract between NCI and SAIC-Frederick, Inc. (SAIC-Frederick), all intellectual property developed by SAIC -Frederick employees is assigned to the Federal Government (N1-CO-12400.B.2(x) and FAR 52.227-13-(deviated)). In practice, this means that all intellectual property developed by SAIC-Frederick employees will be owned by the Federal Government. Inventions and patents - any way of doing or making things, machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable. All new inventions made at the NCI-Frederick must be reported to the Federal Government. This reporting is in the form of an Employee Invention Report (EIR). The EIR must be complete and signed and witnessed. The SAIC-Frederick cover sheet must also be completed before submitting it along with the EIR to NCI TTB and SAIC-Frederick IP Administrator. NCI will make the final decision on which inventions to seek patent protection for. Helpful NIH-NCI Links for Inventions, Partnering and Intellectual
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