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He is a physicist by training and was in the Department of Physics at the University of Cardiff for about 18 years, where he was a researcher in solid-state physics. During that time, two of his inventions reached the marketplace. He moved from academia into IP management. After ten more years’ experience in Cardiff University, he became Director of Planning and Marketing and was responsible for research and intellectual property. Dr. Bates retired in 2004 but continues to work as a consultant in intellectual property.
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Tony Bates joined the National Health Service (NHS) in England in 1992, when the NHS R&D initiative began. He was a member of the team in the Department of Health that introduced management of R&D into the NHS. Dr. Bates was the Intellectual Property Adviser to the National Health Service in England beginning in 1998. His main responsibility was to advise NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts on how NHS policy should be implemented in order to have the greatest benefit for the NHS and its patients. He helped develop policies and produced the Department of Health Framework and Guidance (for the management of intellectual property), which was published in 2002. He was instrumental in changing the law to allow NHS bodies to take shareholdings in spinout companies. He also created the IP management network of NHS Innovations Hubs.
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