Patents and Licensing

The Business Development department negotiates the licensing of White Oak Labs patented inventions. Parties interested in licensing an issued patent or patent application to conduct further research on and/or commercialize White Oak Labs technology can obtain a license application from the Business Development officers.

License fees and royalties for commercialization licenses are negotiated on a case by case basis and depend upon several factors including the scope of the rights granted, the size of the potential market, and the time and financial investment required by the licensee to bring a product to market. Information provided by the license applicant concerning the product concept, market size, profitability, and additional research and development required prior to product introduction is used to determine fair fees and royalties for each invention.

Commercial licenses can be granted both exclusively and non-exclusively or by specific field of use. Research licenses are only granted on a non-exclusive basis.

Issued Patents

• US Patent No. 6,065,219, “Method of and apparatus for measuring the ellipticity of an earth borehole,” Murphey, C.R., G. Varsamis, L. Wisnewski, C.K.D. Chen.
• US Patent No. 6,038,513, “A quick method for estimating ellipticity of an earth borehole,” Varsamis, G., L. Wisnewski, C.R. Murphey.