Patent And Invention Disclosure Committee

The committee is charged with providing advice and recommendations as needed by the Office of Technology Transfer and the Vice President for Research on issues such as the technical merit and commercial potential of technology disclosures. The committee chair is elected by the members of the committee at the first meeting.

Membership

The Patent and Invention Disclosure Committee shall be composed of 10 members:

  • Faculty:

    • Nine faculty members representing key areas of University research such as Engineering, Pharmacy, Sciences and Mathematics, Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, as well as representation from faculty with expertise in areas such as Marketing and Economics.

  • Continuing:

    • Director of Technology Transfer

  • Restrictions:

    • The chair of the committee shall be elected by the committee from one of the nine faculty members.

    • Members shall serve three-year rotating terms.

Members

Name Department/Unit Rotation Year

TBA, Chair

Patrick Reed

 Exec. Director Intellectual Property Exchange Continuing

Mark Liles

 Sciences and Mathematics 2026

Ali Abdel-Hadi

 Engineering 2027

Richard Sesek

 Industrial and Systems Engineering 2027

Charles Chen

 Agriculture 2026

Rajesh Amin

 PY Drug Discovery and Development 2026

David Blersch

 Biosystems Engineering 2027

Wis Kwon

 Veterinary Medicine 2028

Rongxuan Wang

 Industrial and Systems Engineering 2028

Peter Panizzi

 Pharmacy 2028