LESI Award Materials
LESI Guidelines for Awards
LESI Awards Nomination Form 2023-2024
LESI Innovation Award
Nominations are due 31 December 2023. Click here for more information.
Member Society Awards
LESI wishes to acknowledge extraordinary performance of LES Member Societies who have contributed to LESI.
2022 recipient -- LES Italy
2020 recipient -- LES Japan
2014 recipient -- LES Mexico
2010 recipient -- LES Germany
The President's Most Progressive Society of the Year Award
2023 recipient -- LES Philippines
2022 recipient -- LES USA-Canada (for the IP Owner Group Membership Program)
2021 recipient -- LES Brazil
2020 recipient -- LES South Africa
2019 recipient -- LES India
2014 recipient -- LES Mexico
Outstanding Activity/Event Award
2023 recipients -- LES South Africa - drafting of Confidentiality Agreements and Life Science Afternoon talks
2022 recipients -- LESI Young Members Congress - Asia Pacific Conference
2021 recipients -- LESI Asia Pacific Regional Conference
2021 recipients -- LESI YMC Young Members Congress Competition
2020 recipients -- LESI Young Members Congress Events
2019 recipients -- LES France, LES USA & Canada and LESI Patent & Technology Committee (LES Standard Initiative)
2018 recipients -- LES Benelux, LES China and LESI Education Committee (Negotiation Study Workshop)
2014 recipients -- LES Japan & LES USA & Canada
2013 recipient -- Ray Hatayama Presentation - "Hello Kitty"
The criteria against which such “Member Society Award” is judged includes the following:
- financial contribution to LESI;
- the growth of the relevant Member Society;
- contribution made to the establishment and mentoring of LES Member Societies;
- contribution made to the mission of LESI generally and in particular, to the education and training of LES members and potential LES members;
- the contribution representatives from the relevant Member Societies have made to LESI.
LESI Gold Medal Awardees
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Pat and Kitty O'Reilley
2018 Gold Medal Awardee |
The following is a list of members awarded the LESI Gold Medal:
- Arnaud Michel 2022
- Kevin Nachtrab 2021
- Hon. Pauline Newman 2020
- Yvonne Chua 2019
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Chikao Fukuda 2019
- Patrick O'Reilley 2018
- Ron Grudziecki 2014
- Randall R. Rader 2014
- Francis Gurry 2012 and 2014
- Willy Manfroy 2010
- Robert Goldscheider 2007
- Mel Jager 2007
- Rodney De Boos 2006
- Thierry Sueur 2005
- Heinz Goddar 2004
- Akira Mifune 2003
- Oliver Axster 2002
- Larry W Evans 2000
- Kenneth E Payne 1994
- Desmond James Ryan 1992
- Michiko Ariga 1990
- Henry Squarey Hodding 1989
- William Poms 1988
- John Stonier 1986
- Bertil Hedberg 1982
- Jacques H Gaudiin 1980
- Marcus B Finnegan 1977
- John A Gay 1976
- Basil J A Bard, CBE 1973
- Dudley B Smith 1971
Certificate of Merit
- Yorikatsu Hohokabe 2023
- Aimin Huo 2023
- Gary D. Fedorochko 2023
- Bayani B. Loste 2023
- Dr Orakanoke Phanraksa 2023
- Lakshika Joshi 2023
- Sue Muggleston 2023
- Gian Antonio Pancot 2022
- Sonja London 2021
- Xiaobo Fan 2021
- Alfred Chaouat 2021
- Junko Sugimura 2020
- Hayley French 2020
- Martin Schneider 2018
- Adam Lieberman 2018
- E.B. (Ted) Cross 2014
- Barry Quest - In Memoriam 2014
The President's International Service Recognition
- Richa Pandey 2022
- Dr. Hayley French 2014
LESI Peter K. Hess Award of Achievement
The following is a list of members recognized for their licensing achievements:
- Fiona Nicolson 2022
- François Painchaud 2021
- Patrick Terroir 2021
- Patricia Bunye 2020
- Raul Hey 2020
- Jonas Gulliksson 2019
- Alan Lewis 2019
- Bruno Vandermeulen
- E.B. (Ted) Cross
- Elisabeth Logeais
- David Braunstein
- Barry Quest
- Masashige Ohba
- YB Kim
- Gary Lande
- Jack Ott
- James Leavy
- Heinz Goddar
- Michael Burnside
- Gaire Blunt
- Robert Goldscheider
- Bertil Hedberg
- Henry Hodding
- Guy Houle
- Leif Kolster
- Sam Layton
- Platon Mandros
- Olav Naper
- William Pinsak
- Edwin Shalloway
- Renate Siebrasse
- Des Ryan
- Saskia van Dijk-Struyk
LESI Service Awards
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| LESI Service Recognition Certificates were awarded to these dedicated members at the
2018 IMDM Meeting in San Diego. From left: Audrey Yap, Mark Horsburgh, Johan DuPreez,
Francois Painchaud, Keith Lutsch, Patricia Bunye, Patrick Terrior, Yorikatsu Hohokabe,
Bill Elkington and Mark Wilson. Also honored, but not pictured: Thomas Bereuter,
Russell Levine, Omer Hiziroglu, Sanotsh Mohanty and Junichi Yamazaki. |
GTIF National IP & Technology Transfer Policy Award
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patents for Humanity, 2013
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TAKAMUL, an innovation support program developed and operated by the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee (TDC) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2014
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FINNOVA, Technology Transfer Offices Network (redOTT) program,Ministry of Economy (SE) and National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico City, Mexico, 2014
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NIT MANTIQUEIRA, Brazil, 2015
GTIF LESI Award to an Outstanding Humanitarian Technology Transfer Initiative
- Solar Sister, 2013.
- Water for Humans, 2014
- Stanford University, Design for Extreme Affordability, 2015