FEDERAL LAB CONSORTIUM MID-ATLANTIC REGION

LABORATORY STRATEGIC PLANNING

SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

DR. CHARLES SCHLAGEL

ORTA

NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER

Lab Strategic Planning

• If you don’t do it, no one will

• If they do it, it will be to their Strategic Plan and not yours

• Here are some Lessons Learned by NMRC over the years

Naval Medical R&D Organization

BUMED (M2)WASHINGTON, DC

NMRC

Silver Spring, MD

NAMRL

Pensacola, FL

NHRC-DET

Dayton, OH

NSMRL

Groton, CT

NHRC-DET

San Antonio, TX

NIDBR

Great Lakes, IL

NMRC DET

Lima, Peru

NAMRU-3

Cairo, Egypt

NAMRU-2

Jakarta, Indonesia

• Naval Health Research Center (NHRC)Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL)Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL)Naval Health Research Center, Toxicology Detachment

(NHRC-DET) Naval Health Research Center, Detachment Brooks City

Base (NHRC-DET)

NHRC

San Diego, CA

• Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC)Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research

(NIDBR)Naval Medical Research Center, Detachment, Lima, Peru

(NMRC-DET)U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit #2 (NAMRU-2)U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit #3 (NAMRU-3)

Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) 

NMRC's primary mission is to conduct research, development, tests and evaluations to enhance the health, safety and readiness of Navy and Marine Corps personnel in the effective performance of peacetime and contingency missions. NMRC is a headquarters laboratory located in Silver Spring, MD and provides oversight and support to four subordinate laboratories; the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.2, the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, the Naval Dental Research Institute, and the NMRC Detachment Lima, Peru.

       Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) 

NHRC’s primary mission is to conduct research to support Navy and Marine Corps operational forces. NHRC is a headquarters laboratory located in San Diego, CA providing oversight and support to four subordinate laboratories; the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, (NAMRL); the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, (NSMRL); the NHRC Detachment (Brooks) and the NHRC Toxicology Detachment.

• 1988 NMRDC hired its first Patent Attorney and a GS-6 Data Analyst

• For ten years nothing else was done

• Result, patents were being filed but tech transfer floundered

NMRC Lessons Learned

• 1997 Patent attorney relocated to NMRI

• NMRI created an Office of Technology Transfer– ORTA (military officer)– Patent Attorney– Data Analyst

NMRC Lessons Learned

NMRC Lessons Learned

• 1998 NMRI ORTA prepared first OTT strategic Plan

ORTA First Technology Transfer Organizational Structure

ORTA(military officer, 0-5)

Marketing Specialist (military officer, 0-5)

Data Analyst

1. Intellectual Property Counsel

(GS-15)2. Patent Advisor

(GS-13)

Para-legal(new hire)

NMRC Lessons Learned

• As a result, Command assigned two senior MSC officers to the Office to work with the Patent Attorney

• One to be the ORTA

• One to be in charge of Marketing

NMRC Lessons Learned

• 2002 new Commanding Office held off-site Strategic Planning conference

• OTT got itself invited and presented it’s new Strategic Plan

• Directorate heads approved the Plan

NMRC Lessons Learned

• New Plan called for setting up an office of Intellectual Property with 2 Patent Attorneys – one for NMRC & one for NHRC

• Plan also called for replacing the GS-7 patent assistant with a GS-9 paralegal with patenting experience

OFFICE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Intellectual Property Counsel for NMRC (GS-15)

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Paralegal (GS-09)

Patent Attorney for NHRC

(GS-14)

NMRC Lessons Learned

• Plan converted ORTA from military officer to contractor position

• Planned also converted Marketing Specialist position from military officer to GS 7/9/11 position

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

ORTA(contractor position)

Marketing Specialist

(GS-07/9/11)

(New Hire)

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NMRC Lessons Learned

• 2004 BUMED in midst of internal reorganization had a Strategic Planning meeting in San Diego

• OTT got invited and used the opportunity to revise it’s long range Strategic Plan

OFFICE OF COUNSEL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Intellectual Property Counsel for NMRC (GS-15)

Patent Attorney for MTFs( GS-14)

New billet

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Paralegal (GS-09)

Patent Attorney for NHRC

(GS-14)

NMRC Lessons Learned

• New Strategic Plan called for a third Patent Attorney to be hired to handle IP coming out of the MTFs

• Also called on creating a new permanent GS position for the ORTA rather than leaving it as a contractor

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

ORTA(new GS position)

Marketing Specialist

(GS-07/9/11)

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NMRC Lessons Learned

• What did we learn?– If you don’t do it, it doesn’t get done– Whenever your Command or Headquarters

has a meeting to revise their Strategic Plan….get yourself on the agenda

– Beware of the 800 Pound Gorilla – his Strategic Plan may not be the same as yours

BRAC

The Eight Hundred Pound Gorilla