Highlights of the 2005 TTO Annual Report

Summary of Intellectual Property Protection:

Invention and Technology Disclosures 62
 
Patents Filed, Domestic
  • Utility Applications
 16
  • Provisional Applications
 39
 
Patents Filed, Foreign 9
 
Patents Issued
  • Domestic
 2
  • Foreign
 9
  • Trademarks
 3
  • Copyrights
 3

Patents Issued:

U.S. Patents Issued:

  • Direct Control of Tool Motion by Using a Method for Representing Complex Curves (NURBS)
  • Constant Force Apparatus and Method
Foreign Patents Issued:
  • Process to Produce Carbonated Semi-Solid or Solid Food (Japan)
  • Improved IsoTruss Structure (Russia)
  • 3-Dimensional Composite IsoTruss (Singapore)
  • Bistable Compliant Mechanism (China)
  • Bistable Compliant Mechanism (Mexico)
  • 3-D IsoTruss (Brazil)
  • Steroid Derived Antibiotics (Indonesia)
  • 3-Dimensional Composite IsoTruss (Brazil)
  • 3-Dimensional Composite IsoTruss (Canada)
Trademarks:
  • GMS™ (U.S.)
  • SMS™ (U.S.)
  • WS™ (U.S.)
Copyrights:
  • Groundwater Modeling System (GMS™) Reference Manual version 3.0 (U.S.)
  • Watershed Modeling System (WMS™) Manual and Tutorials version 6.1 (U.S.)
  • Surface-water Modeling System (SMS™) Tutorial version 6.0 (U.S.)

Summary of Licensing Activity:

Licenses Issued 6
End User Licenses 0
License Agreements Amended 1
License Agreements Canceled 1
License Agreements In Force 42
Paid-Up Licenses 40
New Companies Founded on BYU Technologies 40

Licenses Issued:

Technology Licensee
Physical and Math Sciences
  • T-Splines
 T-Splines LLC
 
Engineering and Technology
  • Light Scattering-based Platelet Aggregometer
 Thrombodyne
  • Compliant Mechanisms
 Nokia
 
Biology and Agriculture
  • AMP Kinase Activator Screen
 4Cyte Technology
  • Protein Stabilization
 Aridis, Inc.
  • Sparkling Yogurt
 A major US food producer

Summary of Royalty Revenue Distribution:

Royalty Revenue Distribution Summary

Revenue Transferred to Scholarly Support*:

Year TTO Transfers
(from fees, royalties,
and sale of stocks)
1994-1995  $356,000
1995-1996    200,000
1996-1997    300,000
1997-1998    300,000
1998-1999    400,000
2000 2,797,368
2001    350,000
2002     50,000
2003    200,000
2004 1,090,000
2005    275,000
TOTAL $6,373,968

*Total Revenue from University sources other than Technology Transfer $123,656 (1993-2005)