Technology Commercialization Office

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1 Technology Commercialization Office Brian Cummings Executive Director Technology Commercialization Office University of Utah

2 Technology Development Office To Manage the University s Intellectual Property Developed by Faculty, Staff and Students Patents Licensing Spin-off Companies Joint Ventures Inventor Assistance USTAR Lassonde Center Tech Tuesdays Grant Assistance SBIR/STTR Venture Bench Financial Resources

3 Commercial Sponsored Research To Bring Value to Companies by Providing State-of-the-Art Research With Our Universally Recognized Faculty and Laboratory Resources Staff Deborah Dixon, Ph.D. James Taylor Esq. Jack Hamilton, Ph.D. Matchmaking with Industry Assist Spin-off U of U Companies Develop Large, Multidisciplinary Initiatives

4 CSR Statistics CSR Awards $16,597,816 $38,216,996 Number Contracts Ave Award $65,864 $97,368

5 Supporting Early Stage Technology Driving Innovation +Venture Bench +Entrep.in Res

6 Deep Coal Energy QEMSCAN Energence Three Examples

7 Deep Coal Energy

8 Many coal beds are too deep, too dangerous, or to thin to mine Some of these beds are producing CBM, but production is declining in many of them Coal industry could be revitalized if technologies to extract energy, and hence, value, could be developed Carbon management is a key

9 TCO s Role Looking for Tech-X type opportunities Contacted by an Interested Party U uniquely qualified to do research Contacted faculty and held planning meeting Defined research areas and developed a conceptual proposal

10 Deep Coal Technologies Coal Characterization Formation Deliverability ECBM - CO 2 Utilization In-situ Fuel: Liquefaction and Gasification Microbial Generation of Methane and Treatment of Water Innovative Mining Methods Carbon Management

11 University of Utah Resources EGI Energy and Geoscience Institute ICSE Institute for Clean and Secure Energy Utah Clean Coal Program PERC Petroleum Research Center SWP Southwest Regional Partnership Tracer Development Laboratory Utah Geological Survey University Departments and Personnel

12 TCO Path Forward Facilitate Research Path Contact Companies of Interest Host Deep Coal Conference Late Spring 2009 Develop Detailed Proposal Assist in Project Management Possible Spin-off business

13 QEMSCAN SEM Used for advanced mineral analysis Only instrument of its kind U of U is only the second academic institution to have one Figure 1 QEMSCAN at the University of Utah

14 QEMSCAN Uses x-ray spectra to perform high-resolution analysis of mineral grains Used by mineral industry for exploration and processing applications Used by coal industry to determine PP emissions, ash chemistry Used by O&G industry for micro-stratigraphy, petrophysics Oil sands/oil shale applications?

15 Single, multi-phase particle from mineralized igneous rocks at Bingham, Utah. Pixels can be converted to area fraction. Analysis time = 2 seconds.

16 Sandstone consisting of rounded quartz (Q) and feldspar (Kfs) grains cemented by iron oxide (HFO). Porosity indicated in white. Image created with 1-micron analysis spacing. Typical grain size is 100 microns.

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18 TCO s Role Knew that G&G wanted a QS and that CCS at EGI also needed one Brought G&G and EGI together; Intellection in reorginization so negotiated a one-price deal that was 2 for 1 under USTAR Managed the deal and delivery and installation of the instruments

19 Accelerating Energy Innovation with Early Stage Capital & Commercialization Expertise

20 Energence Model Find the best executive/entrepreneurial talent available 10 Serial CEO s, entrepreneurs, angels 6 Rocky Mountain region 2 West coast 3 East coast All members participate in equity Commitment to assess and valuate technologies CEO s self select companies Seed fund built in New companies created Deal flow Support members and companies Make it easy for them Diversify their risk

21 TCO s Role Identify Candidate Technologies Arrange Faculty Presentations to Energence Assist in Technical Evaluations Assist in Marketing Studies Prepare Legal Framework for Commercialization

22 Contacts James Taylor Jack Hamilton