Catapult IP@UT: Workshops for UT Inventors

Featured Topic: Patents and Copyrights for UT Researchers

In the space between “what starts here” and “changes the world”, researchers at UT Austin routinely face some of these questions:

• I think I invented something. Now what?
• How do I get a patent? How much does it cost? Who pays?
• I wrote some software as part of my research, and I want to release it. What does UT recommend?
• I don't want to delay publishing papers. Can I still get a patent?
• How can UT help with startups?

Join us to get answers to these questions and more!

OTC welcomes all UT faculty, researchers, postdocs, graduate students, and staff. Feel free to bring your lunch and any questions you have about patents, copyrights, intellectual property, licensing, and commercialization!

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DAVID PALMER, J.D.
Program Director, Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions
Office of Technology Commercialization, The University of Texas at Austin

David Palmer is the program director for intellectual property and technology transactions at the Office of Technology Commercialization, or OTC, at the University of Texas at Austin, where he drafts, negotiates, and consults on IP licenses and other agreements while managing outside counsel and patent prosecution. Prior to coming to UT-Austin, Palmer was a partner in Perkins Coie specializing in patent litigation and previously practiced with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Cooley. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

ROBERT VILLWOCK, Ph.D.
Program Director, Strategic Researcher Liaison
Office of Technology Commercialization, The University of Texas at Austin

Bob Villwock is Strategic Researcher Liaison in the Office of Technology Commercialization at UT Austin. In this role, Dr. Villwock engages the research community at UT to connect with OTC more effectively. He facilitates and promotes the transfer of research into intellectual property by providing technical analysis, assessments and outreach – especially in the early stages of the inventive process. He is an inventor on nine U.S. Patents, holds a B.S. in polymer science and engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.