Flintbox

Where IP Connects

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 Flintbox is Canada’s Innovation Database
providing a single point of access to
technologies and tech transfer offices at over
60 Canadian research institutions.

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Growth on Flintbox in 2007 has been greater than
the last two years combined

Nearly 2000 New Accounts Created

- 3,392 accounts by the end of 2006
- 5,234 accounts in 2007 (as of Nov.15, 2007)

Nearly 2000 New Licenses

- 4630 licenses by the end of 2006
- 6026 licenses in 2007 (as of Nov.15, 2007)

Over 300 Projects posted this year

- 443 projects by the end of 2006
- 772 projects in 2007 (as of Nov.15, 2007)
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Channel Partners

WestLink Innovation Network

SpringBoard Atlantic
C4
FPTT
Univalor
Idea, Denmark

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New Members 2007

1. McGill University
2. Dalhousie University
3. C4 Network – Brock University, Wilfrid Laurier,
University of Windsor
4. Onsett will be joining as a channel partner in
Ontario and will bring on at least 10 more
institutions
5. FPTT Members – 10 federal labs to be signed up by
the end of this fiscal year
6. Expectations for an NRC pilot program in early 2008

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 Academia

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Government Finance

Industry

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"Flintbox is uniquely positioned with its national network
of participating research institutions to connect our
membership with the licensing opportunities from
Canadian Research and critical relationships into
technology transfer. We can plug thousands of academic
and research organizations into partnership opportunities
that occur every week. It is a pleasure to welcome
Flintbox into a vital relationship as a cornerstone of
CATA's "Innovation Nation" program.”

Barry Gander
Executive Vice-President
CATA Alliance

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Industry Partnerships

CATA Alliance (~20,000 Members)

- Flintbox has entered into a working relationship with CATA

Precarn (~500 Members)

- Partnering with Precarn to offer Pro Accounts to 500 members
- Precarn will also post projects for license on behalf of their
members

Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)

- Implementing Flintbox at 100 Trade Offices in Science and
Technology around the world

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Pro Accounts for Industry Partners

Pro
Basic (free)
Account
Search Projects and Profiles  
RSS  
Online licensing and downloads  
Enquiries  
Profiles  

Email Alerts  
Projects  
Broadcasts  
Reports  

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Pro Accounts for Industry Partners

Tagged Profiles
• Allow you to search Pro Accounts to see what industry members are
looking for, these tags are the same as the ones you use on Projects
• Connect industry members (such as trade offices, finance community,
companies and trade associations) with tech transfer and innovation
offices (including their licensing, collaboration, financing needs)

Alerts – Email and RSS

• Give you real time access to new postings on Flintbox.

Projects
• Pro Account members can publish projects including RFPs

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Pro Account Profiles Tagged for Search

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Email Alerts
Be notified by email when content is published
under a keyword of choice – choose for projects, or
company profiles, or both.

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Access Flintbox using RSS
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
What it is: RSS is a a web feed used by websites to push out
frequently updated content to users. RSS lets you monitor many
sites – blogs, news pages, or sites with regular content updates
like Flintbox, without having to constantly visit the site to find new
information.
How to Use it: A user subscribes to the feed, either through their
browser (IE7 and Firefox both have this option built in) or an RSS
reader such as Google Reader and when new information is
published, it is sent via the feed to every user subscribed to it.

Click on the RSS icon and follow the instructions to receive

information in your browser bookmarks as it is published

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Click “Subscribe to this feed”, saving it to your
bookmarks toolbar or your Google homepage.

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 You can access feeds directly in your browser window by
clicking on the icon in the toolbar or from your RSS reader

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Advanced Search

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Enquiry Updates
Users are now required to login with a basic account
to send enquiries:
• Leads to better enquiries, and allows you to gather
more data on the users asking for information about
your projects.
• The enquiry system on Flintbox has lead to
numerous leads and relationships. We hope to make
this information available on an annual basis
ongoing.

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How Members are Using
Flintbox

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University of British Columbia
Inversion for Applied Geophysics (IAG): a
Resource Package for Learning About
Geophysical Inversion
Package of resources is a teaching and learning facility available
for download for students, and professionals in geophysics who
need to learn about the application of non-seismic geophysical
inversion methods.
• Published: June 29th 2007
• 500 views
• over 150 licenses, nearly one a day
• freely available for non-commercial use

65 of these licenses, or 43% are from companies, such as Teck Cominco

Limited, or Fugro, an international company providing geotechnical data

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"I have been very pleased with Flintbox because it has been
virtually painless from our end for the distribution of our
project, Inversion for Applied Geophysics (IAG): a Resource
Package for Learning About Geophysical Inversion. This
product is an extensive collection of learning resources
about geophysical inversion, which is an approach to data
processing pioneered by the UBC Geophysical Inversion
Facility. Flintbox would be a great tool for distributing
learning facilities or educational materials, and it is certainly
in my mind as a potential tool for the distribution of other,
similar resources."

Francis Jones
Senior Teaching and Learning Fellow
UBC Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
'Green' extraction and separation technology for
phytochemicals
‘green' environmentally friendly technology provides the
equipment, systems and methods for extraction and purification of
multiple classes of phytochemicals from plant materials during a
single extraction operation.

• seeking collaboration and commercial licensing

opportunities
• Over 600 views since published in April 2007
• 14 enquiries in the last 6 months
• International requests for information regarding
licensing and academic collaboration
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University of Ottawa

CO2 Scrubber Based on Surface Modified

Nanoporous Silicas
Recyclable Carbon Dioxide (CO2) adsorbents are based on
surface modified nanoporous silicas.

• Patent pending
• available for industrial collaboration
• over 1000 views this year
• Numerous enquiries received regarding licensing
status, primarily from users in North America

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Queen’s University

Enhanced Plant Growth

Plant growth is enhanced 10-30% using soil activated by a
natural substance, which seems to enhance plant growth
promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs).

• Seeking potential licensees interested in

commercializing the technology
• published for 5 months
• Numerous successful enquiries received regarding
licensing opportunities

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University of British Columbia
CAULOBACTER S-LAYER KITS: For Recombinant
Protein Secretion AND Peptide/Protein Display
- UBC planned a print ad for this project, showcasing it on
Flintbox. Caulobacter is for non-commercial use only.

• Published: Oct. 4th 2007

• 232 views
• 25 licenses and downloads in 1.5 months
• Over $3000 transacted in a month
• Automated transactions = no interaction by TTO or researcher
• Licensees have included prominent researchers from the
University of Oxford and the University of Copenhagen

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University of Western Ontario

TCM Employee Commitment Survey

So far this year:
• 2370 Views
• 423 Licenses

Snowmobile Rear Suspension

New marketing techniques including embedding
video in the project descriptions:
• 478 Views this year
• 24 downloads
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Funding Proposal

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Funding Proposals
Request for funding proposals from NSERC eligible Flintbox members to
access discretionary funds through the ACCT Rebate Program.

Proposal should demonstrate at least one of the following:

1. New and novel uses for Flintbox
2. Methods to drive adoption of the Flintbox Network
3. Methods to improve efficiencies

Details:
• Individual proposal budgets: $12.5k
• Proposals to be selected: 4
• Submission Deadline : Dec 15 2007
• Format: 2 page outline
• Preference will be given to proposals
with matching funds
Requirements:
• Successful proposals will be required
to present at the 2008 ACCT AGM
• A 1-2 page report must be completed
for selected proposals for IPM

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