Synapse and Catapult

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Synapse and Catapult New NIH OTT Technology
Transfer Tools

• Ajoy K. Prabhu, M.S., M.B.A.
• Group Leader, Marketing
• Office of Technology Transfer
• National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Department of Health Human Services

Federal Lab Consortium Mid-Atlantic Regional
Meeting October 22, 2007
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NIH OTT Technologies Available for Licensing
Brand Awareness Networking
Cancer
Infectious Diseases Medical Devices
General Medicine
Marketing Group
Tech. Transfer Service Center
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NIH OTT Technologies Available for Licensing
Brand Awareness Networking
Cancer
Infectious Diseases Medical Devices
General Medicine
Marketing Group
Tech. Transfer Service Center
New Inventions
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Companies
NIH OTT Technologies Available for Licensing
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SynapseSM
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SynapseSM Benefits

SynapseSM has made it possible for OTT to reach a
wider business market by matching its portfolio
to the research interests of biotechnology and
pharmaceutical companies. OTT is able to
proactively market and provide individualized and
targeted information to companies that were
unaware of the scientific possibilities available
to them at NIH and FDA.   SynapseSM can also be
used to address other research and development
challenges, including patent prosecution and
enforcement, searching for experts, and portfolio
management.

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Data Sources

• SynapseSM draws from several databases
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• TechTracS, the internal database containing NIH
  and FDA intramural research portfolios
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent
  applications and issued patents
• CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on
  Scientific Projects), the database of millions of
  records of HHS/NIH funded biomedical research
  projects conducted at universities, hospitals,
  and other research institutions.
• RaDiUS (Research and Development in the United
  States), a database maintained by the RAND Corp.
  that includes all research grants and contracts
  awarded by federal agencies
• Medline, a database containing abstracts or full
  text of 16 million articles published in nearly
  5000 journals
• Millions of records of biomedical news stories.

The data are transformed and stored to allow for
seamlessand rapidcross-linking between
databases.

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SynapseSM Current Uses

• Analyze 7,000 NIH IP for licensing
• Help find licensing partners
• Search IP for VCs and Angel Investors
• Search USPTO for NIH-complimentary IP
• Extramural grantees ?? intramural IP

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Synapse Demonstration
Synapse Dem
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For further information

• http//www.ott.nih.gov

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