Table of Contents Overview —————————————————————————————————— 1 What is intellectual property?—————————————————————————— 1 What is technology transfer? —————————————————————————— 1 Why would someone want to participate in the technology transfer process? ——————— 1 What is INL’s system for technology transfer and intellectual property protection? ————— 2 The Basics of INL Technology Transfer——————————————————————— 4 Research Planning —————————————————————————————— 4 Research and Development —————————————————————————— 4 Disclosure ————————————————————————————————— 4 Assessment————————————————————————————————— 7 Patenting decision —————————————————————————————— 8 Marketing ————————————————————————————————— 8 Licensing—————————————————————————————————— 8 The Basics of Intellectual Property————————————————————————— 9 Ownership of intellectual property———————————————————————— 9 Patents and the patenting process———————————————————————— 9 INL Patenting strategy and decisions ——————————————————————— 14 Release of intellectual property to inventor————————————————————— 14 Copyright ————————————————————————————————— 15 Trademark————————————————————————————————— 16 The Basics of Marketing, Licensing and Commercialization——————————————— 18 Marketing (seeking partners)—————————————————————————— 18 Marketing and related agreements (pre-licensing) —————————————————— 18 Licensing—————————————————————————————————— 19 License negotiations—————————————————————————————— 19 Licensing Income——————————————————————————————— 20 Commercialization—————————————————————————————— 21 Startup Companies by Employees————————————————————————— 22 NanoSteel’s Super-strong Steel Materials—————————————————————— 23 5D Robotics -- Improving Robot Autonomy————————————————————— 23 Conflicts of Interest—————————————————————————————— 24 Contact Information—————————————————————————————— 25