Category: Intellectual property
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University Awarded U.S. Patent for HPV Discovery
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to University of Rochester in New York for research conducted on the human papillomavirus virus (HPV). The research by Rochester virologists Robert Rose, Richard Reichman, and William Bonnez led to development of vaccines now used to prevent cervical and other cancers caused by HPV. The…
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U.S. Patent Filed for Vein Regeneration Technology
Pall Corporation in Port Washington, New York has applied for a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a disposable, closed cell collection and seeding system developed for vein regeneration procedures. The system, according to Pall Corp., offers a method for isolating and collecting a patient’s mononuclear cells, which are then seeded…
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Genetically Altered Algae Increases Biomass for Biofuels
An Iowa State University biologist has developed a process for genetically altering a strain of algae to increase its biomass content by up to 80 percent. This discovery, which can lead to enhanced production of biofuels from non-food sources, is available for licensing from the university’s technology transfer office. Martin Spalding (pictured right), leads a…
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University Develops, Licenses Autonomous Robotics Technology
Engineers and computer scientists at Harvard University have developed small, inexpensive robots with algorithms that enable the devices to work on their own or together in groups. The technology for Kilobots, as they are called, has been licensed to a Swiss company for manufacture and marketing. The tiny robots, about the size of a quarter…
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Dried Blood Test Developed, Spin-Off Company Formed
Researchers at King’s College London have developed a process to screen patients for genetic and acquired clinical conditions from a single dried blood spot. The college also started today a spin-off diagnostics company providing services using this method. The test, developed by a team from King’s College and clinician collaborators from King’s Health Partners Academic…
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Patent Filed for Nanocomposite Polymer-Based Film
A materials scientist at University of Cincinnati has developed a transparent and electrically conductive polymer-based film with potential solar and fuel cell applications. Jude Iroh (pictured right), who is also an engineering professor at UC, recently filed a provisional patent for the discovery. The nanocomposite film is transparent and electrically conductive, says Iroh, as well…
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Technology Funded to Assess Superfund Site Contamination
Researchers at Arizona State University in Tempe and University of Florida in Gainesville received funding to develop a device to measure toxic sediments with greater precision, accuracy and sensitivity. ASU’s Rolf Halden (pictured right) and Florida’s Nancy Denslow will test the device, and also evaluate health effects on two marine organisms and assess remediation efforts…
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University Spin-Off Lands Radiation Countermeasure Contract
RxBio Inc., an early stage biotech company spun off from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis, has received a contract from Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for the company’s radiation countermeasure drug. The contract has a potential value of $24 million over the next two years. The contract, with a…
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U.S. Biotech Licenses Hong Kong University Flu Research
Alios BioPharma in South San Francisco and University of Hong Kong agreed to a licensing agreement for the university’s research findings that target influenza viruses. The agreement, officially with the university’s technology transfer company, will be used to advance the company’s R&D and commercialization of medicines to treat influenza infection. The company also agreed to…
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EADS to Share Nanotech Patents with Russian Agency
The European aerospace consortium EADS and the Russian nanotechnology corporation RUSNANO have agreed to collaborate on research and development of nanotechnology-related products. The first stage of the partnership is to identify relevant patents in the EADS portfolio suited for new development by Russian industry. The EADS Group includes the Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian, and Eurocopter organizations,…