The APIOiX/I2ED team present surprising new findings on the impact of resource allocation on technology transfer licensing outcomes. The data was examined by university quartile based on research expenditures. The results will surprise you — particularly with regard to legal expenses —and will possibly change the way you budget your office!

APIOiX conducted a training on digital IP strategies in the EU and US. The resulting paper is an excellent overview of the differences in IP law and best practices for managing digital IP to maximize success in the current environment. Many thanks to our partners at the University of Malta and Interreg Italia-Malta for their support.

APIOiX developed a suite of programs for 2021 National SBIR Week as part of Nevada SAGE including a series of “Deep Dives” on IP and contracting issues. Presentation slides can be found at SBIR Week 2021, with videos to be added after events are complete!

APIOiX and Portland State University have joined forces on a research project to analyze university licensing data. Their preliminary results were featured at the World IP Forum 2021 in a presentation entitled Resource allocation for technology transfer: Determinants of success.

SAGE: The Sierra Accelerator for Growth & Entrepreneurship expands statewide to include the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. SAGE, a public-private partnership between the University of Nevada, Reno and APIOiX, launched in Fall of 2019. Over the course of its first year, SAGE exceeded goals, and has garnered grant support from the Nevada Knowledge Fund. Read the article at Nevada Today to learn more.

APIOiX is partnering with Branchly Innovation, in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and SinoFaith IP Group, to organize AUTM Asia 2022 in Shanghai.

Originally scheduled for Fall of 2020, the program has been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and is now scheduled to be held in Spring on 2022.

Arun gave the Keynote Address at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 2020 Intellectual Property Forum. The topic of the Forum was the role of intellectual property in economic development and Arun’s address was titled “Intellectual Property: Powerhouse for Innovation and Economic Development.”

The second week of February marked the official launch of SAGE: the Sierra Accelerator for Growth, the the newest addition to the UNR Enterprise & Innovation suite of programs, which includes the InNEVation Center, the Nevada Center for Applied Research, and Nevada Industry Excellence, a NIST Manufacturing Excellence Program partner.

Earlier this year, Arundeep Pradhan was selected to serve as part of the National Council of Entrepreneurial Technology Transfer (NCET2) Startup Development Officer Program. As an SDO, Arun volunteers five or more hours each month to guide early-stage startups arising from university research, as well as participating in review of NCETs’s Virtual Startup Pitches.

They aren’t quite as exciting as Bill and Ted, but Ray and Arun manage to have fun adventures. In November they traveled to Jerusalem to conduct a one-day workshop at AUTM Asia 2019 and to visit with clients and contacts in Tel Aviv.

The University of Nevada, Reno and APIOiX have received a grant from U.S. Small Business Administration for the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Partnership Program was awarded effective October 1, 2019.

APIOiX and the AUTM Foundation delivered a four-day Intellectual Property Rights Symposium in Kolkata under a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

APIOiX directors Ray Wheatley and Arundeep Pradhan recently conducted an AUTM Negotiation Skills training workshop for the United States Air Force personnel.

The AUTM Foundation is excited to partner with APIOiX and the US Consulate in Kolkata to host the East India – US Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights.

Apio is pleased to announce that Michael Batalia and Ray Wheatley have accepted appointments as directors in 2018. Their years of experience in technology transfer, innovation management, and entrepreneurship add to Apio’s suite of management expertise.

APIOiX is headed to India this spring to conduct Intellectual Property Rights training in Kolkata under a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

March and April were heavy travel months for the APIOiX crew. First up, a return to Riyadh where we helped coordinate a conference for the King Salman Institute for Entrepreneurship at King Saud University.

We promised the link months ago, and here it is - finally!

We've survived five years - and grown. To mark the occasion Apio Partners has become Apio Innovation Transfer - APIOiX for short. As we close 2017 we note some of the successes of the past year: