Dear Emily,

I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 28/02/20 in
which you requested information regarding licensing and patenting. 

Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and has been allocated reference FOI20-093 which should be quoted in
all correspondence. We will respond to your request within 20 working days
starting the next working day after receipt, therefore you can expect to
receive a response no later than 30/03/20.

Where we consider that we will not be able to meet this deadline or if
further time is required to consider the public interest test we will
contact you as soon as possible and give you a revised date for response.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and, if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

Yours sincerely

John Groves   John Groves
Project Officer   Swyddog Prosiect
Strategic Planning & Governance     Adran Cynllunio Strategol a
Cardiff University Llywodraethu
2nd Floor, Friary House
Greyfriars Road Prifysgol Caerdydd
CF10 3AE
LLawr 2, Friary House

Heol y Brodyr Llwydion
CF10 3AE
Tel: 02920 879870   Ffon: 02920 879870
E-mail: [1][email address] E-bost:
[2][email address]
 
 
The University welcomes
correspondence in Welsh or English. Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n
Saesneg.

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Dear Emily,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated
28/02/20.

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses.

Q1. Has the university committed to licensing its medical discoveries in
ways that promote access and affordability in Low- and Middle- Income
Countries? If yes, please provide a link or PDF to the relevant policy
document.

No

Q2. Please provide an Excel spreadsheet with headings as displayed below
with all the health technologies LICENSED by the university in the past
year 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)

Table attached as FOI Q2

Q3. Please provide a list of patents granted to your organization in the
period 18th October 2018 and 18th October 2019, listed by patent family,
indicating countries/regions in which the patent has been granted.

Table attached as FOI Q3

Q4.Has the university shared its best practices for promoting access to
medicines through non-exclusive licensing by carrying out any of the
following activities?

❏ Contributed sample clauses to the AUTM Global Health Toolkit

❏ Published an article, guidance, or other literature on access licensing
practices

❏ Formally presented on access licensing practices at an academic or
professional event, or at another university

X  Informally shared or discussed access licensing practices with
administrators at other universities  - Yes at Praxis Auril Licensing
courses for practitioners

❏ Other

❏ None (Tick as appropriate)

Q5. What actions has the technology transfer office (TTO) undertaken in
the past year to improve access to the technologies they license in low-
and middle-income settings?

Cardiff University enters into multiple commercial licences worldwide
every year for its Quality of Life Questionnaire. However, licences are
issued without charge to non-commercial institutions and projects.

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.  The University has a
Freedom of Information Complaints Procedure should you feel dissatisfied
with this response or the way in which your request was handled.
Complaints must be made in writing and must set out why you believe the
University has not met its obligations under the Freedom of Information
Act.  You may email your complaint to [email address] where it
will be forwarded to the Director of Strategic Planning and Governance who
will be responsible for overseeing the review.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of your complaint, you
have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for
consideration.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the
following address: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Cardiff University. If you require further assistance please feel free to
contact me.

Yours sincerely

Assurance Services   Gwasanaeth Sicrwdd
Strategic Planning & Governance   Adran Gynllunio Strategol a
Llywodraethu
Cardiff University   Prifysgol Caerdydd
2nd Floor, Friary House   Llawr 2, Friary House
Greyfriars Road   Heol y Brodyr Llwydion

Cardiff Caerdydd
CF10 3AE   CF10 3AE
E-mail: [1][email address]   E-bost:
[2][email address]
We welcome correspondence in Welsh
or English Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth trwy’r
Gymraeg neu’r Saesneg

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