BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-6551@eng.ufl.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T135500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T145500 DTSTAMP:20240227T161507Z URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/ne-seminar-uf-innovate-tech -licensing-connecting-innovators-investors-and-industry/ SUMMARY:NE Seminar: "UF Innovate Tech Licensing – Connecting Innovators\, Investors and Industry" DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThis presentation is an overview of the intellectual property process at UF\, the types of intellectual property\, how to prote ct them\, and the critical elements for starting university technology sta rtup companies.\nBios\nLenny Terry\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Director\, Licensing Officer\nUF Innovate\nDr. Lenny Terry earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Richmond in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Emory University in 1986.  Dr. Terry has over 20 years of industrial che mical experience.  He has held multiple research positions with Milliken Specialty Chemical and Ciba Vision Corporation.  He worked as a Business Development Manager for Clariant Specialty Chemicals for ten years.  He i s an inventor on 25 US patents related to the contact lens and personal ca re markets.\n\nDr. Terry joined the University of Florida’s Office of Te chnology Licensing in 2007 where he holds the position of Assistant Direct or.  His portfolio covers technologies that originate from chemistry\, ma terials science\, chemical\, mechanical and electrical engineering and des ign construction and planning.  He has successfully negotiated over 350 l icenses and has helped to start more than 40 companies.\n \;\nLarry Vi llanueva\, Ph.D.\nPartner\nThomas-Horstemeyer Intellectual Property Attorn eys\nDr. Larry Villanueva earned his BS in Chemistry from Wake Forest Uni versity in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Florida in 1993.  After a postdoctoral fellowship at Emory University\, L arry joined the law firm of Needle &\; Rosenberg\, PC in Atlanta.  Dur ing his tenure at Needle &\; Rosenberg\, Larry received his law degree at Georgia State University in 2001.  After Needle &\; Rosenberg\, Lar ry was a partner at Gardner\, Groff\, Greenwald &\; Villanueva\, PC for 14 years before joining Thomas Horstemeyer\, LLP in 2019.\n \nLarry is a partner and member of the chemical and biotechnological patent prosecutio n groups at Thomas Horstemeyer. Larry has over 27 years of experience prep aring and prosecuting patent applications primarily in the chemical\, phar maceutical\, and biotechnological fields.  Larry works with his clients t o maximize the value of their intellectual property. Larry’s clients inc lude large corporations\, research universities and institutions\, as well as medium-sized companies. With technical degrees in synthetic organic an d organometallic chemistry\, Larry is able to serve his clients in a wide range of technologies including pharmaceuticals\, polymers and material ch emistry\, catalysts\, and drug delivery devices. Larry works hand-in-hand with clients to align their intellectual property with their business goal s in order to maximize the value of their intellectual property. In additi on to patent prosecution\, Larry counsels clients regarding IP due diligen ce as well as provide opinions relating to freedom to operate and validity /invalidity. CATEGORIES:Seminars LOCATION:Rhines Hall Room 125\, 549 Gale Lemerand Drive\, Gainesville\, FL\ , 32611\, United States GEO:29.644403;-82.350403 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=549 Gale Lemerand Drive\, G ainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Rhines Hall Room 125:geo:29.644403,-82.350403 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR