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Imagination at work.

REPICT – October 01, 2015

© 2015 General Electric Company - All rights reserved

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GE: A tradition of innovation

1879Carbon FilamentIncandescent Lamp

1895World’s Largest Electric Locomotive

1920Portable X-Ray Machine

1921The Magnetron

1941Entering the Jet Age

1998Lightspeed™

CT Scanner

2002Wind Power

2003Evolution® Locomotive

2009Vscan™

2010WattStation™

2012Durathon™ Battery

47,000 GE patents issued

Global Research 3


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World-class research talent … breadth and depth

NISKAYUNA

RIO DE JANEIRO

MUNICH

BANGALORE

SHANGHAISAN RAMON

OKLAHOMA

GE industrial research lab

founded

1900 3000technologists

68nationalities

2000Patents filed

per year

20average years of experience

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ISRAELMICHIGAN


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• History

− 95+ years in Brazil

− Started with GE Lighting in Rio de Janeiro, 1919

• Today

− 9500+ employees; 18 Facilities

− Annual revenue $4B

− Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Transportation, Aviation, and Energy segments

BRAZIL TECHNOLOGY CENTERIN RIO DE JANEIRO

GE in Brazil

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Our Purpose

Solve the toughest technology challenges for GE’s Customers in Latin America; export solutions to

the rest of the world

Imagination at work.


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• 600+ guests• 100+

companies• 50 journalists• GE senior

leaders

Brazil Technology CenterInauguration: November 13, 2014


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R&Dportfolio

ProductportfolioGLOBAL

LOCAL

R&D Products

Customers/Partners

• Strong global network of R&D and product resources

• Direct linkages and co-development with customers and partners

• Localized product development and manufacturing

• Increased speed-to-market

Developing a global R&D network

Research globally, develop locally…


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Technology Centers–of-Excellence (CoE’s)

SMARTSYSTEMS

BIOENERGYSYSTEMS

SOFTWARE & ANALYTICS

• Digital Factory

• NextGen Field Services

• Asset Management Platforms

• Operations Optimization

OFFSHORE & SUBSEA

SYSTEMS

• Controls & Autonomous Operations

• Data Monitoring & Predictive Analytics

• Power Electronics & Electrical Systems

• Production Assurance

• Production Systems

• Drilling Systems

• Integrity & Reliability

• Separation Processes & Chemicals Application

• Bioenergy Generation & Systems Optimization

• Thermal Processes Optimization & Fuel Flexibility


IP Generation/Capture

- Global Research Centers


IP Protection


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Portfolio de PI na GE

GE Offices focusing global strategic management of patents and trademarks – GE GPO & CTO

Global Technology Committees for Inventions Assessment – “Patent Evaluation Boards”

Internal Tool for tracking of invention disclosures – “Inventor`s Center”

Unified internal database

GE IP Portfolio Protection


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Portfolio de PI na GE

In Brazil we are constantly assessing the local IP environment in order to better protect developed technology with local focus;

We are testing different ways of protection including green patent applications.

GE IP Portfolio


IP Exploration

- GE Businesses

- Partners

- Customers

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Innovation Steps

Generate Capture Protect ExploreGlobal Research Centers concentrating R&D activities worldwide

Creation

Acknowledgement and retention of ideas, creations, and inventions with innovative potential

Indentify

IP mechanisms – transforming ideas, creations into commercial assets worldwide

Formation

Usage of a number of potentialities of protected assets within GE Businesses, partners, and customers

Management and use


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collaborativeEquity GTM

Partner-ships

LicenseCo-Dev

Incubate

transactions…

Partnerships with

Entrepreneurs & Co-Investors

IP… Not just

networks

…but

partnerships &

GE Ventures

Open Innovati

on


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Drives GE growth by licensing IP to trusted partners

Technology

Licensing

Patent Licensing

Trademark Licensing

Licensing


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Technology Transfer and

Licensing :

PFS Phosphor

GE coating technology in consumer displays

Source: GE Internal.


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INTERACTIONS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE


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Collaborative Innovation Platform – Crowd Sourcing

GE IP portfolio available for Quirky users in order to improve collaborative innovation


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GE Ventures – Incubations

Incubations are internal & external startups, run by entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to test and develop market-shaping business platforms. (Currently in North America and China)


What makes a good incubation candidate?

Market Need: Solves a

customer pain point

Large addressable

market (>$500MM)

Revolutionary vs.

evolutionary

At a high level:


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GE Ventures investing at a glance

SOFTWARE & ANALYTICS HEALTHCARE ENERGY ADV

MANUFACTURING

Equity + Partnership

Portfolio Companies Check Size

Up to $200M/yr. 50+ $1-$15M

Stage Offices Countries Invested

Seed to Growth Silicon Valley, Boston, Houston,

Israel

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GE

GE Sharehold

ers

Partners

Innovation Models for…

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