b'INNOVATION IS MORE THAN A WORDITS IN OUR DNAIntellectual PropertyIdaho National Laboratorys Intellectual Property portfolioIf BEA decides to decline title, DOE can seek patent protection in includes invention disclosure records, software disclosures, patentits own name. If DOE decides not to seek patent protection, the applications, issued patents and copyright assertions. It providesinventor(s) may petition to have the title assigned to them by a basis for collaboration with commercial enterprises, academiaDOE with the expectation that they will pursue patent protection and other parties, both domestic and international. INLs science,using their own resources.engineering and technical IP portfolios provide the laboratory opportunities to deploy its creative, meaningful research.CORE COMPETENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH FY 2021 PATENTSTechnology Deployment works closely with INL management andPower Systems and Electrical Engineering Accelerator Science and Technologyresearchers to identify and pursue opportunities for technology commercialization and business development.1 1Nuclear Physics System EngineeringAdvanced Computer Science, In fiscal year 2021, INL inventors submitted 101 invention1 and Integration Visualization, and Datasdisclosure records (IDR) and 62 software disclosures (SDR) to3 2Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA).In FY 2021, 22 U.S. patents were issued to INL or DOE based onChemical the inventions of INL scientists and researchers. Engineering Mechanical Design4Since the commencement of BEAs contract to manage INL, laboratory researchers have submitted over 1,500 disclosures,and Engineering resulting in more than 560 issued U.S. patents. Over 1,100 new8 Chemical and Molecular Engineeringlicenses have been executed over this period.4BEA has Intellectual Property ownership rights under its contractApplied Materials Science with DOE and can elect to retain title to inventions and seek patent& Engineering protection, subject to some exceptions. The decision to seek patent4protection is based on market and technical assessments of the technology and its subsequent programmatic value. Nuclear Engineering Market assessments inform a recommendation presented toNuclear and8 2a committee composed of department or project managers,Radio Chemistry Cyber and an assistant laboratory director or designee, market analysts,3 Information Sciencescommercialization managers, and patent attorneys. The2 1Technology Deployment director makes a final decision to electLarge-Scale User Facilities/ Decision Science or decline the technology for patent protection. Generally,Advanced Instrumentation and Analysispotential inventions judged to be commercially valuable, crucial to a primary mission, or valuable in terms of motivating further research funding, are elected. U.S. PATENTS ISSUED FY 20162021 DISCLOSURE RECORDS RECEIVED FY 2016202150 10040 80 IDRSDR 30 6020 4010 200 0201620172018201920202021 2016201720182019202020213'