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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 388 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 7.23 TECHNOLOGY
1 5 TRANSFER ADVISOR.
1 6 Two technology transfer advisors shall be appointed
1 7 by the governor, serve at the pleasure of the
1 8 governor, and be located at offices at the university
1 9 of Iowa and Iowa state university of science and
1 10 technology. A technology transfer advisor is not a
1 11 state agency and is not subject to chapter 17A. A
1 12 technology transfer advisor shall do all of the
1 13 following:
1 14 1. Facilitate the transfer of technology developed
1 15 at universities under the control of the state board
1 16 of regents, community colleges, and private colleges
1 17 and universities.
1 18 2. Coordinate the technology transfer activities
1 19 at each of the public and private universities to
1 20 encourage the implementation of best practices in
1 21 technology transfer, establish measures of
1 22 performance, and design programs of continuous quality
1 23 improvement for each technology transfer office.
1 24 3. Establish technology transfer goals for the
1 25 state.
1 26 4. Provide technical assistance to Iowa-based
1 27 entrepreneurs associated with or unrelated to the
1 28 universities under the control of the state board of
1 29 regents regarding technology transfer-related issues.
1 30 The technical assistance shall include assistance in
1 31 the areas of patents and licensing, business
1 32 development and management, finance, production,
1 33 sales, and marketing.
1 34 5. Receive the technology transfer-related report
1 35 submitted by the state board of regents pursuant to
1 36 section 262.9, subsection 31.
1 37 6. To ensure economic growth, serve as a
1 38 coordinator between Iowa-based businesses and
1 39 businesses intending to locate in Iowa.
1 40 Sec. . Section 15.108, Code 2003, is amended by
1 41 adding the following new subsection:
1 42 NEW SUBSECTION. 12. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ADVISORS.
1 43 The department shall cooperate with and provide
1 44 staffing support to the technology transfer advisors
1 45 appointed pursuant to section 7.23.
1 46 Sec. . Section 262.9, Code 2003, is amended by
1 47 adding the following new subsections:
1 48 NEW SUBSECTION. 29. Actively encourage and
1 49 promote the transfer of technology and research at
1 50 universities under the control of the board to
2 1 commercial application, including the start-up of
2 2 business entities.
2 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 30. Give preference and technical
2 4 support to those faculty members and staff members
2 5 desiring to obtain licenses for intellectual property
2 6 rights created in whole or in part by the faculty
2 7 member or staff member. However, such preference
2 8 shall not be construed to be a right accruing to that
2 9 faculty member or staff member.
2 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 31. By January 15 of each year,
2 11 submit a report to the governor, through the
2 12 technology transfer advisors, and the general assembly
2 13 containing information from the previous calendar year
2 14 regarding all of the following:
2 15 a. Patents secured or applied for by each
2 16 university under the control of the board delineated
2 17 by university and by faculty member and staff member
2 18 responsible for the research or activity that resulted
2 19 in the patent. In the initial report filed by January
2 20 15, 2004, the board shall include an inventory of
2 21 patent portfolios with details concerning which
2 22 patents are creating financial benefit and the amount
2 23 of financial benefit and which patents are not
2 24 creating financial benefit and the amount invested in
2 25 those patents.
2 26 b. Research grants secured by each university
2 27 under the control of the board from both public and
2 28 private sources delineated by university and by
2 29 faculty member and staff member. The board shall also
2 30 include the same information for grant applications
2 31 that are denied.
2 32 c. The number of faculty members and staff members
2 33 at each university under the control of the board
2 34 involved in a start-up company.
2 35 d. The number of grant applications for research
2 36 received by each university under the control of the
2 37 board for start-up companies, the number of
2 38 applications approved, and the number of applications
2 39 denied.
2 40 e. The number of agreements entered into by
2 41 faculty members and staff members at each university
2 42 under the control of the board with foundations
2 43 affiliated with the universities relating to business
2 44 start-ups.
2 45 f. An accounting of the financial gain received by
2 46 each university under the control of the board
2 47 relating to patents sold, royalties received,
2 48 licensing fees, and any other remuneration received by
2 49 the university related to technology transfer.
2 50 g. The number of professional employees at each
3 1 university under the control of the board who assist
3 2 in the transfer of technology and research to
3 3 commercial application.
3 4 Sec. . This Act is repealed July 1, 2008."
3 5
3 6
3 7
3 8 PAUL McKINLEY
3 9
3 10
3 11
3 12 KITTY REHBERG
3 13
3 14
3 15
3 16 JACK HATCH
3 17 SF 388.302 80
3 18 tm/cf
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