Patent Pirates
This government agency processes and issues all patents
What is the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office)?
Licensing agreements often include these payments based on a percentage of sales
What are royalties?
This agreement allows the Navy and private companies to collaborate on R&D
What is a CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement)?
Crane is one of how many Naval Warfare Centers
What is ten?
Crane offers this incentive per inventor for approved invention disclosures
What is $300?
Unauthorized use of a patented technology is referred to as this
What is infringement?
This term refers to the upfront payment made by a licensee to the Navy
What is a license fee?
CRADAs can include provisions for sharing this type of property resulting from joint research
What is intellectual property?
This Crane board evaluates your invention disclosures
What is the Invention Evaluation Board (IEB)?
NSWC Crane offers this incentive per inventor for issued patents
What is $500?
This could be referred to as temporary patent placeholder
What is a provisional application?
This process involves moving technology from the Navy to the private sector
What is technology transfer?
Under a CRADA, this party cannot receive federal funding
What is the non-federal partner?
Crane originally was name this when it opened
What is the Naval Ammunition Depot Crane?
This is what an inventor can receive when their technology is licensed for commercial use
What is royalty dollars (or money)?
This individual manages the IP portfolio for NSWC Crane and is responsible for incoming invention disclosures
Who is Mr. Chris Williamson?
The ability to use, commercialize a product or process without infringing on another party’s valid IP rights
What is the Freedom to Operate?
This CRADA is used to transfer lab assets, but does not require a SOW
What is an LP-CRADA?
NSWC Crane Counsel filed 12% of the Navy's in FY24
What are patent applications?
T2 Contributor of the Year will receive this monetary amount for being selected
What is $2000?
Patenting for this purpose prevents companies from asserting their own patents and safeguards the position in the market
What is a defensive patent?
This free license allows a company to utilize intellectual property to directly fulfill a need of the Federal government
What is a Government Purpose License?
Without amending, CRADA's will automatically expire in this time period
What is 4 years?
This Crane leader will be award the FLC Lab Director of the Year next week
Who is Dr. Angie Lewis?
This annual event celebrates inventors from across Crane with a framed patent
What is the Inventor Recognition Event?