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FIRST PRINCIPALS, INC (FPI)
is a full-service technology transfer firm. FPI specializes in licensing,
commercialization, and valuation of intellectual property. We leverage our
extensive network of contacts and sophisticated systems and tools to provide
a range of technology assessment and proactive technology marketing
programs, customized to meet each client’s objectives. Clients include large
corporations and startup companies, universities, non-profit organizations,
and other research institutions.
FPI’s approach is focused to maximize the value of clients’ intellectual
property by:
- Assessing the potential of a technology relative
to its total competitive environment
- Extracting revenue from under-performing patents
and identifying non-core applications
- Establishing beneficial collaborations leading
to growth, divestiture, and/or new funding
 ABOUT FPI
Founded in 1998 by seasoned licensing executives
from
Fortune 100 companies, FPI works closely with organizations from Cleveland and
throughout the world. Examples of clients include:
- Honeywell Aerospace
- IBM
- Matsushita
- Sherwin-Williams
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- National AIST (Japan)
- Sandia National Laboratories
- University of
Rochester
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DuPont
Eastman Kodak
Lucent
Welch Allyn
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SUCCESS
STORIES
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Engineered a seven-figure patent
sale in the field of Surgical Robotics and a sale of printed circuit board
technology patents was engineered for one of the world’s biggest computer
companies.
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Implemented a revenue
generation initiative involving "patent mining" and commercialization on
behalf of a telecommunications technology giant
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Assessed a portfolio of 425
semiconductor-related patents of $2 billion telecom client to identify
highly-licensable patents and $1M in savings in patent renewal fees.
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Orchestrated development funding for a novel
anti-cancer drug: a NY-based venture capital firm committed more than $10
million to fund research and acquire the clinical research company that
discovered the drug.
AFFILIATES
At First Principals, we
appreciate the value of teamwork. Our partnerships with companies both in
the US and abroad provide allow us to provide you with world-class,
worldwide service.
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ANGLE Technology Ltd.
– primarily involved in developing technology policies, managing
technology parks, and lending commercialization assistance in
the US and UK.
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5iTech
- partners with former Soviet Scientists to bring advanced novel
technologies to US commercial markets by creating new companies, providing
access to capital and management, and launching their products into the
market.
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5iPrincipals
Group, LLC - in partnership with 5iTech,
provides access to the full range of technology transfer services from
evaluation to licensing to startup. Provides foreign companies with
Turnkey Access to US markets.
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Platinum Insight
(Asia) Co. Ltd. - PIACL is a technology
management consultancy that delivers IP management, technology transfer,
and commercialization capability in China and Hong Kong.
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IMAP
(International Merger and Acquisition Professionals)
assists clients with
the sale of mid-size companies and provides access
to strategically oriented buyers and sellers, as well as alternative
sources of financing to its members.
FIND
OUT MORE
For more information, contact us
by phone, fax, or e-mail.
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