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Filing patent applications on novel, useful, and non-obvious inventions makes them more attractive to potential industry partners and ensures Berkeley Lab and its researchers receive credit and a fair return once inventions are commercialized. FY16 Patent Applications Filed by Research Area 33 4 3 2 22 TOTAL: 119 55 • Biosciences: 33 • Computing Sciences: 3 • Earth and Environmental Sciences: 2 • Energy Sciences: 55 • Energy Technologies: 22 • Physical Sciences: 4 FY16 Patents Issued by Research Area 4 5 3 8 TOTAL: 94 45 • Biosciences: 25 5 • Computing Sciences: Earth and Environmental Sciences: 3 • 45 • Energy Sciences: 8 • Energy Technologies: 4 • Operations: Physical Sciences: 4 • ­­–7– IPO’s expertise in software licensing models enabled distribution of Singularity throughout the Linux community. The open source software allows legacy software to be run on updated systems. The Institute for Transformative Technologies licensed an infant warmer that operates where power is unreliable or unavailable. 25 4 In keeping with its mission of transferring technologies to benefit society, Berkeley Lab makes some of its software available at no cost or through non-exclusive licenses for the greatest possible impact and to play an active role in the open source software community. Software applications include high performance computing, genomics, subsurface modeling, imaging, and building energy efficiency, among many others. MiTeGen licensed Berkeley Lab’s diode beamstops for real time measurement of X-ray beam intensity to enhance beamlines used for research in potentially lifesaving discoveries in medical, biological, and materials sciences.