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BioBusiness Seminars

Medical Devices: Faculty Inventors, the Tech Transfer Office and IP Protection, Thursday, October 3

Presented by the CU Technology Transfer Office (TTO) and the Colorado Alliance for BioEngineering (CAB), join us for the third in a monthly series of intellectual property and business seminars for the biotech research community.

This seminar will focus on a hypothetical fact pattern involving a faculty inventor of a medical device. The participants will role-play the interactions between a faculty inventor, the Technology Transfer Office, and Patent counsel to tease out significant considerations for faculty inventors. This will be followed by discussion and questions from seminar attendees.

Medical Device Inventor, Michael D. Laufer, M.D., Menlo Ventures
Dr. Laufer has founded 6 medical device companies based on his more than 25 issued US patents. He received his degree in MCDB from CU, and his M.D. from Stanford University. Michael was Director of Emergency Medicine at Mount Zion-UCSF Medical Center until joining Menlo Ventures in 1994.

Technology Transfer Office, David N. Allen, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President for Technology Transfer, University of Colorado

IP Attorney, James P. Brogan, Esq., Partner, Cooley Godward LLP
Mr. Brogan is the head of the Colorado Patent and Technology Law practice group for Cooley Godward LLP. He has developed patent portfolios for a wide range of clients who develop medical devices for fields such as intravascular imaging, pacing and defibrillation, cryotherapy, endoscopy, and pupilometry.

Schedule:
7:30 - 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast and networking
8:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Presentation and Discussion

Location: Humphreys Lounge (above Denison Auditorium), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 9th and Colorado Blvd., Denver

For reservations, please contact lynn.pae@cu.edu