This presentation provides a detailed overview for successful collaboration between federal labs and private industry. Included are novel mechanisms for mining technologies from federal labs, licensing federal technologies for commercial use, and the value of Partnership Intermediaries.  In addition, the role of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Tech Transfer (FLC) and its unique Locator Service for identifying potential U.S. Federal Lab Partners will be described.

 

 

After 22 years conducting basic research on energetic materials, and internationally recognized as an expert on Solid State High Temperature Synthesis, Dr. J. Scott Deiter became Director of Technology Transfer and ORTA Representative for the Indian Head Division (IHDIV) Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head, MD.  He has held this position for the past 13 years.  He is responsible for all aspects of technology transfer, including negotiating Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIAs), all aspects of patent licensing, as well as business development for his laboratory. 

 

During the past 12 years as a member of the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), he has been Deputy Regional Coordinator of the Mid-Atlantic Region for 5 years.  As Regional Coordinator of the Mid-Atlantic Region for 3 years, he significantly strengthened interactions between the federal labs, economic development centers, private industry and educational institutions within the region. 

 

 In May 2006, he was elected as an At-Large Member to the FLC Executive Board.  In 2003, he was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award for being recognized as a leader in Technology Transfer.  In 2004, he was the FLC’s Harold Metcalf award winner; and, in November 2006, he was the third recipient of the Department of the Defense George F. Linsteadt Technology Transfer Achievement Award, which is based on Dr. Deiter’s leadership, innovation, and impact on the D0D technology Transfer Program and personal involvement and impact on industry.  In May 2007, Dr. Deiter was elected Chairman of the FLC.