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April 20, 2005 [Number 232]     Printable Version Printable version (356k PDF)     Download Adobe Reader    Please note that this issue of Interface is an archived issue. Therefore, the information contained in each article may no longer be current.

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nVision New Business Area—Technology Transfer

The latest business area reporting tool in nVision is Technology Transfer, which replaces and modernizes the Data Warehouse (DW) Technology Transfer business area. Released in the late fall of 2004, this new tool provides long awaited, in-depth data to the management staff working with NIH invention portfolios. Technology Transfer includes an extensive library of information designed to report key, previously unavailable, detailed data—invention life-cycle, inventors, patents, licenses, cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs), royalty income, invention costs, disbursements activities and much more.

The Technology Transfer business area is accessible via the nVision launch pad—click on "nVision Reports."

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Technology Transfer Reports Available

A description of the 12 standard reports appears in Guide to nVision Technology Transfer Report, available on-line as an Excel file (346k). The reports include:

  • Royalty Reports
          Royalties by License
          Royalties/Invention Cost Comparison Report
          Royalty Disbursement Activities
          Royalty Income/Invention Costs Snapshot

  • CRADA Reports
          CRADA Information

  • Technology Reports (Invention/Patent/License)
          Invention Lifecycle/Inventor's Portfolio Report
          Invention/Patent Search Report
          Patent Cost Report
          Patent Lifecycle Report
          Research Portfolio
          Unlicensed Invention/Patent Report

New Access Views Have Been Added

The nVision Technology Transfer business area has new access views, added in response to requests from the NIH user community. They are:

    •       IC with Royalty Data
    •       TDC (Technology Development Coordinator)
    •       TDC with Royalty Data

The new access views allow authorized users to view and print very detailed reports on the development cycle of inventions from the very early stages through issued patents, licenses, and royalty income information and disbursements.

Other nVision News

      •       Enhancements to Travel

    A new report is available, "New Travel Authorizations Awaiting Final Voucher Report (TR-40)." The source system for the nVision Travel Business Area is NBS Travel (Gelco). The report is located in the nVision Travel Business Area under the "Travel Authorization Reports" folder.

    Created in collaboration with the members of the NIH travel community, this report aids users throughout the year by identifying travel vouchers that need to be finalized—specifically useful during the fiscal year—end close-out process. This report will identify authorizations under the following conditions:

                – No voucher has been submitted
                – A voucher has not been flagged as final

    Please note: finalizing a voucher will release any unused obligations, which may then be used for other purposes.

More Information about nVision

Learn more about nVision’s capabilities, features and available business areas on-line via the NIH Portal. On the NIH Portal, click first on "My Communities" and then on "nVision"—where you will find everything you need to get acquainted, registered, and trained in the use of nVision.

Keep up to date on enhancements by reading "News & Updates" regularly—see the link in the upper right corner of the nVision Reports screen.

The NIH Business Intelligence team welcomes questions and comments. Please send them to the NIH Help Desk at helpdesk@nih.gov, or call 301-496-4357.

Note: To view the Excel file linked above if you don't have Excel installed, you can download Microsoft's Excel Viewer.

 
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