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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri-Bold;color:#2C6EAC">Inventions, Patents and Commercialization for UA Student Researchers</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">UA labs are and have been home to impactful, life‐ and society‐changing research. In these environments, UA students</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">often work closely with UA faculty on sponsored and lab‐funded research, some of which can lead to inventions. Tech</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Launch Arizona (TLA) is dedicated to identifying, assessing, protecting and commercializing these important inventions,</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">all with the goal of getting them out into the world where they can create impact.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri-Bold;color:#5B9CD6">Learn About Your Professional Responsibilities & Opportunities</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">UA student researchers who have (or may have) roles in UA‐derived inventions are encouraged to participate in TLA’s</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Commercialization Workshop Series, offered each fall and spring. This is not just important information for you as</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">researchers ‐ it is useful in helping you understand issues in intellectual property that you will carry forward throughout</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">your careers.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri-Bold;color:#5B9CD6">Get Connected</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Aside from workshops and seminars, we offer a number of ways to put our resources to work for you:</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Contact a college‐specific Technology Licensing Manager (LM) for general information or to discuss a specific</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">technology. LMs are experts in the protection and commercialization of your inventions.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Biomedical & Life Sciences: Rakhi Gibbons (</span><span style="color:#AA1515"><a href="mailto:RakhiG@TLA.arizona.edu">RakhiG@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Physical Sciences: John Geikler (</span><span style="color:#C10000"><a href="mailto:JohnG@TLA.arizona.edu">JohnG@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">College of Optical Sciences & Engineering: Amy Phillips (</span><span style="color:#AA1515"><a href="mailto:AmyP@TLA.arizona.edu">AmyP@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">College of Agriculture & Life Sciences: Tod McCauley (</span><span style="color:#AA1515"><a href="mailto:TodM@TLA.arizona.edu">TodM@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">College of Science: Paul Eynott (</span><span style="color:#AA1515"><a href="mailto:PaulE@TLA.arizona.edu">PaulE@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Software & IT: Lewis Humphreys (</span><span style="color:#AA1515"><a href="mailto:LewisH@TLA.arizona.edu">LewisH@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">College of Engineering: Robert Sleeper (</span><span style="color:#AA1515"><a href="mailto:RobertS@TLA.arizona.edu">RobertS@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Contact Student Outreach Coordinator Stephanie Zawada (</span><span style="color:#C10000"><a href="mailto:StephanieZ@TLA.arizona.edu">StephanieZ@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="color:black">) to discuss your unique</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">networking needs, as well as learning opportunities around issues in inventions, entrepreneurship and startups</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Request a workshop module or one of our engaging TLA experts for your student or lab group meeting to gain</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">hands‐on knowledge of the commercialization process</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Subscribe to TLA’s monthly newsletter</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Suggest a technology story idea for TLA publications</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black">Network with leaders in Arizona’s start‐up community</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri-Bold;color:#5B9CD6">Generate Impact</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Tech Launch Arizona creates social and economic impact through bringing the inventions of the UA from the lab to the</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">world. We do that through providing services to the UA community around idea assessment, technology transfer and</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">startup development. We promote the commercialization of UA‐generated technologies while collaborating with</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">business and technology professionals from Southern Arizona and beyond.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Our ultimate goal is to create a thriving community of UA‐educated inventors via outreach initiatives to undergraduate,</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">graduate, and professional students.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Calibri-Bold;color:#5B9CD6">Learn More</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Stephanie Zawada</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri-Italic;color:black">TLA Student Outreach Coordinator</span></i></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#0563C2"><a href="mailto:StephanieZ@TLA.arizona.edu">StephanieZ@TLA.arizona.edu</a></span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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