Royalties or income generated from the commercialization of plant materials will be distributed to the inventors on all types of plant
material, according to the TAMU System policy on intellectual property (System Policy 17.02, Patents). Scientists involved in the development of plant materials that generate royalties or income under a license or option agreement must agree in advance regarding proportionate contributions and sharing of expected income prior to the distribution of such income.
(This revision replaces Standard Procedure 1250A, dated August 3, 1992)
5. Intel lectual Property & Technology Transfer – IFAS, University of Florida;
http: / / r esearch. i f a s . u f l . edu / i p t t . a sp
The following cultivars are currently available for exclusive license through FFSP:
Tomato: Gulf Stream ( 'F l a . 8363') :
Tomato: Tast i - Lee™ ( ‘F la . 8153’) : Afresh market tomato hybrid for the premium tomato market with high lycopene content and an attract i ve deep red color ; developed by Univers i ty of Flor ida and offered for exclus ive l i cense by Flor ida Foundation Seed Producers (FFSP) Inc . The hybrid is resis tant to Fusar ium wil t race 1,2 &3 and to lerant to
bacter ia l soft rot and to lerant to most fru i t disorders inc lud ing fru i t - cracking.
Tomato: Micro- Tina ( 'F l a . 7876') Tomato: Micro- Gemma ( 'F l a . 7878')
Interested in obtaining an exclusive license on any of the cultivars above, please contact FFSP;
Licensing and ITNs:
Germplasm Property Manager 1022 McCarty Hall D PO Box 110200 Gainesville, FL 32611-0200 Phone: (352) 392-9446 Fax: (352) 392-4695 Current Licensees:
# Crop Cultivar Company License Territory
1 Tomato Micro-Tom Ball Floraplant, ... worldwide Details 2 Tomato Solar Fire Harris Moran Seed... United States Details 3 Tomato FLA7514 Rupp Seed Company United States Details 4 Tomato FL 7770 Sakata Seed Ameri... worldwide Details 5 Tomato Equinox Seminis Vegetable... worldwide Details 6 Tomato FL 7324 Seminis Vegetable... worldwide Details 7 Tomato Floralina (FL 7547) Seminis Vegetable... Details 8 Tomato Florasette (FL 7171) Seminis Vegetable... Details
# Crop Cultivar Company License Territory
9 Tomato Solar Set Seminis Vegetable... worldwide Details 10 Tomato Sunbrite (FL 7060) Seminis Vegetable... Details 11 Tomato FL 7692B Syngenta Seeds, Inc. worldwide Details 12 Tomato FL 7770 Syngenta Seeds, Inc. worldwide Details 13 Tomato FL 7771 Syngenta Seeds, Inc. worldwide Details
# Crop Cultivar Company License Territory
1 Watermelon Charlee Hollar & Compan... worldwide Details 2 Watermelon Mickeylee Pennington Seed, ... worldwide Details 3 Watermelon Minilee Pennington Seed, ... worldwide Details 4 Watermelon Charlee Seminis Vegetable... Details 5 Watermelon Jubilee II Seminis Vegetable... worldwide Details 6 Watermelon Mickeylee Seminis Vegetable... worldwide Details 7 Watermelon Minilee Seminis Vegetable... worldwide Details 8 Watermelon Florida SSDL Sugar Creek Seed,... worldwide Details 9 Watermelon Florida SSDL US Seedless worldwide Details
# Crop Cultivar Company License Territory
1 Tropical Pumpkin La Estrella Rupp Seeds, Inc. worldwide Details 2 Tropical Pumpkin El Dorado Rupp Seeds, Inc. worldwide Details
6. Office of Intel lectual Property & Industrial Research All iance (IPIRA), University of California, Berkeley, USA;
http: / / o t l . be rke ley .edu/ technology.php
Technologies Available for License
AGRICULTURE
Case No. Title
B00-081 GENETIC FUNCTIONS REQUIRED FOR GENE SILENCING IN MAIZE
B98-056 GENE THAT MODULATES PLANT REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT
B99-099 DNA RECOMBINATION IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS BY THE BACTERIOPHAGE PHIC31 RECOMBINATION SYSTEM
B94-049 Compositions and Methods For Plant Pathogen Resistance
B97-035 The NDR1 Plant Disease Resistance Gene
B94-051 Plant Virus Resistance Gene and Methods
B91-036 Monoclonal Antibodies for Identification of Prunus Necrotic Ringspot Virus and Related Stone Fruit Viruses
B92-029 Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Cyclodiene Insecticides and Related Organochlorine Compounds
B01-090 A UNIVERSAL, LIGHT-SWITCHABLE GENE PROMOTER SYSTEM
B94-064 Termite Control Compositions
B02-035 GENES REGULATED IN RESPONSE TO LIGHT
B02-034 PLANT GENES INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE TO WOUNDING
B01-051 NEW RICE GENE OsEMF1
B01-042 A NOVEL STRESS-TOLERANCE PROTEIN
B02-108 IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL PLANT GENE THAT REGULATES CELL-TO- CELL TRANSPORT
B98-062 Pathogen Resistance In Plants Using cDNA-N/Intron Constructs
B97-084 Cereal Transformation of Using Cultured Organogenic Tissue
B99-076 Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production Using Algae
B03-047 A Mutant of the Green Alga Dunaliella salina Accumulates Zeaxanthin, a High- Value Bio-Product
B96-048 Methods for the Transformation of Monocots Using Green Embryogenic Callus
B98-033 Resolution of Complex Integration Patterns to Obtain Single Copy Transgenes
B98-052 DETECTION OF HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION EVENTS BY ACTIVATION OF A CHIMERIC REPORTER GENE
B05-113 Wireless Systems for Process Monitoring
B97-046 IMPROVED WINE YEAST CULTURES
7. Office of Technology Commercialization, Purdue Research Foundation; http: / /www.prf .o rg /o tc / Purdue Technology Center , Suite C1-100
(765) 494- 2610 Phone, (765) 496- 1146 Fax
8. Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), Agriculture Research Service, USDA;
http: / /www.ars .usda.gov/bus iness/docs.h tm?docid=768
The USDA, ARS, Off ice of Technology Transfer (OTT)
grants l i censes to qual i f i ed businesses and indiv idua ls who wish to commercia l i ze invent ions resul t i ng from federa l l y supported research performed at USDA
laborator ies and research locat ions . Companies interested in l i cens ing USDA invent ions can obtain a l i cense
License application may be for a patent, plant variety or for Biological Materials.
Things to remember:
Applying for a license from USDA is not a bidding process.
License fees and royalties are negotiated on a case by
case basis.
Licenses may be exclusive, nonexclusive, or partially
exclusive, and foreign patent rights are available for licensing in some cases.
Licenses are negotiated pursuant to the policy and
objectives set forth in 35 USC 207- 209 and 37 CFR 404. Additional information can be obtained by contacting: June Blalock
USDA, Agricultural Research Service Office of Technology Transfer
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4-1159 Beltsville, MD 20705-5131
(301) 504-5989 / fax: (301) 504-5060 E-mail: [email protected]
Technologies Available:
I. Genes For Developing Firmer Tomatoes II. Method To Genetica l l y Improve Plants
III. Genes Used To Produce Improved Seed Variet ies IV. New Method To Contro l Frui t Ripening
9. Office of Technology Transfer and Economic
Development (OTTED); University of Hawaii; 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 280, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
http://www.otted.hawaii.edu/Technologies/Agriculture/t abid/378/Default.aspx
10.The Ohio State University; Office of Research Technology Licensing & Commercialization; 1960 Kenny Road, 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43210- 1063 http: / / o t l . o su .edu/
Phone: (614) 292- 1315 Fax: (614) 292- 8907
MTA and CDA Correspondence: Phone: (614) 247- 6633
Fax: (614) 247- 8351
11.Colorado State University, Technology Transfer Office; P.O. Box 483, Fort Col l i ns , CO 80522, Ph: 970.482.2916, Fax: 970.484.0354
http: / /www.csur f . o rg / t t o /ag .h tm