Licensing and patenting practices of UK research institutions.

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Re: Re: Freedom of Information request - Licensing and patenting practices
of UK res

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Hi

Re: Re: Freedom of Information request - Licensing and patenting practices
of UK res

Dear Florence,
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act and our apologies for the delay in following up - We are
struggling to locate your original request in our database for managing
FOI requests.
We would really appreciate if you could please confirm when it was
originally sent and resend it at [1][London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine request email].
We will respond as soon as possible.  
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team 

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Your request Re: Freedom of Information request - Licensing and patenting
practices of UK res has now been completed.

Dear Florence,

Thank you for your freedom of information request, and subsequent follow
up. I apologise for our delay- I’m afraid, it has been necessary for us to
liaise closely with other departments across LSHTM in order to process
it.  As I am sure you will appreciate, during the current global pandemic,
it has been necessary for LSHTM to adapt its operational approach in
various respects and to prioritise certain areas of its operations during
this extraordinary period. This, combined with the fact that the majority
of our sites are currently closed and the vast majority of our staff are
currently working from home, has had an inevitable impact on the timeframe
for dealing with and/or responding to Freedom of Information requests in a
small number of cases.

I write with a response to your request:

Q1. Please provide an Excel spreadsheet with headings as displayed below
with all the health technologies LICENSED by the university in the period
18th October 2018 and 18th October 2019 AND specify which countries they
were licensed in AND specify whether they are exclusive or non-exclusive
licenses.
Health Technology Licensed | Country of Licensing | Type of License
(Exclusive or Non-Exclusive)

No information held. London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine has not
licensed any health technologies in the year 18th October 2018 to 18th
October 2019.

Q2. Please provide a list of patents granted to your organisation in the
period 18th October 2018 to 18th October 2019, grouped by patent family,
indicating countries/regions in which the patent has been granted.
No information held. London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine has not
been granted any patents in the period 18th Oct 2018 – 18th Oct 2019.

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automatic right to re-use the information in a way which would infringe
copyright, for example, by making multiple copies, publishing and issuing
copies to the public.
Brief extracts of any material which is supplied to you may be reproduced
under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act 1988 (sections 29 and 30) for research or private study for
non-commercial purposes, criticism, review or news reporting. More
extensive re-use must only be carried out with prior written permission
from LSHTM.
Enquiries about the re-use of material should be directed to the Archivist
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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

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