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© Gestion Univalor, limited partnership
Univalor Science & Engineering department
January 2007
Presented by : Presented by :
StStéphane Deschamps and Didier Leconteéphane Deschamps and Didier Leconte
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Univalor's mission is to commercialize the university research outcomes of a group of institutions, namely the Université de Montréal and most of its affiliated institutions.
MissionTo market research results
of university researchers
Founded in April 2001 / 21 employees
Université de MontréalAnnual Research Budget : 450 M$ CADNumber of researchers : 2500Ranked 2nd in Canada for research financing
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Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
(CHUM)
Université de Montréal
Hospital Sainte-Justine École Polytechnique de Montréal
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de MontréalHospital du Sacré-Coeur
Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
University of Montreal School of Business (HÉC)
Montreal Heart Institute
Sources of Inventions
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Major Activities
IDENTIFY promising inventions
PROTECT intellectual property rights
DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT best strategy for
transferring most promising inventions to the industry
FIND business and financial partners
GRANT licenses
CREATE spin-offs
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Accomplishments
• Out-licences 30 +
• Spin-offs 20
(4 public)
• Induced investments in Spin-offs 61 M $
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Science & Engineering TechnologiesBackground
Traditionally: Applied science, adapted to technology transfer
Mostly from École Polytechnique (engineering school), Physics & Maths dept from Université de Montréal, Software from HEC Montréal (business school) and other institutions
Approx. 50% of Univalor’s portfolio is Science & Engineering
Goal: Share with the market!
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Science & Engineering TechnologiesOverview
Civil Engineering Bracing technology for earthquake resistance
Material Science New injection molding for compositesPorous and ultra porous polymers
Imaging Filterless color imaging sensorAlgorithms for image treatmentDigitalization and simulation of spinal deformitiesProjection on arbitrary surfacesMagnetic Resonance Tracking
Telecommunications Error correction mechanismsDirect Laser Machining of WaveguidesQuantum CryptographyDiscovering Architecture of Geo-located Web
Services for next generation of mobile networks Pr. Samuel Pierre
Hollow core fiber pre-forms
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Science & Engineering TechnologiesOverview
Electronics Error correction mechanismsDirect Laser Maching of WaveguidesSofware platform for the design of electronic
embedded systemsDigital calibration technology for ADCs
Health care Magnetic resonance submarinePlasma gas sterilization processDigitalization and simulation of spinal deformitiesMagnetic Resonance Tracking
Sensing Direct Laser Machining of WaveguidesSurface Plasmon Resonance sensorsOptical filters used for SensingOffset free amplifier
Metrology Compensation of probe tip radiusError measurements on 5-axis machine tools
Computer science Deep Information Extraction Tool (Search Engine)
DIET Technology Pr. Samuel Pierre
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Science & Engineering TechnologiesNext Steps
www.univalor.ca, articles, presentations . We can put you on our list of new periodic letter
Contact us : Didier Leconte : (514) 340-3243 ext. 4224
[email protected] Stéphane Deschamps : (514) 340-3243 ext 4450