Category: Intellectual property
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One Nation, Under Geeks
Review: Geek Nation by Angela Saini. Hodder & Stoughton (3 Mar 2011). Science writer Angela Saini describes the rise of science and engineering in India in her new book Geek Nation. But if you’re looking for a triumphant Indian victory march you may be disappointed. The book instead offers a sophisticated and nuanced analysis of…
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American Express to Open IP Marketplace
The financial services company American Express in New York says it is creating a marketplace for buying and selling intellectual property. The project called Intellectual Property (IP) Zone, now in beta testing, will cover trades involving patents, trademarks, software, and other IP products. The current beta version works with a closed group of buyers and…
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New Process Devised For Efficient Hydrogen Production
A research team at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland has discovered that catalysts based on the element molybdenum can make possible a more cost-effective and sustainable process for producing hydrogen. Their findings appear in the journal Chemical Science (paid subscription required). Hydrogen is an abundant element on earth, but still remains difficult…
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Patent Allowance Given for Glucose Monitoring Method
Symphony tCGM (Echo Therapeutics) Echo Therapeutics Inc. in Franklin, Massachusetts says it received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent Office on the methods for using its continuous non-invasive glucose monitoring system. A notice of allowance indicates that the patent application has not been successfully contested and the company may proceed with registering the…
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Company-University Partnership to Help Develop Nuclear Fuel
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. in Vancouver, Canada signed research agreements with Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) operated by Texas A&M University in College Station, to advance the company’s beryllium oxide (BeO) nuclear fuels R&D project. The project aims to develop high thermal conductivity BeO nuclear fuel that is…
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Gene Added to Soybean Plants Adds Protein to Seeds
Research conducted at Iowa State University in Ames found an external gene introduced to soybeans can substantially increase the amount of protein in soybean seeds. The university has filed a patent and aims to commercialize the technology. Professor of genetics Eve Wurtele and adjunct professor Ling Li placed a gene found only in Arabidopsis plants…
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Solar Developer, Energy Lab Sign R&D Deal
New Energy Technologies Inc. in Columbia, Maryland has signed a research and development agreement with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado to advance the company’s technology for generating solar electric power through window glass. NREL is a division of the U.S. Department of Energy. New Energy’s system, marketed under the trade name SolarWindow,…
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Energy Dept. Cuts Fees, Procedures on Nat’l. Lab Patents
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has cut licensing fees to $1,000 and reduced paperwork for start up companies on 15,000 patents held by national laboratories. The initiative aims to double the number of start up companies coming out of the department’s 17 national labs. Any of the 15,000 unlicensed patents and patent applications held…
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Univ. Licenses Air Quality Monitoring Technology
An instrument to measure air quality, developed by researchers at University of Nevada in Reno, has been licensed for commercial development to Droplet Measurement Technologies of Boulder, Colorado. The device, invented by physics professor Pat Arnott (pictured left) and student Ian Arnold, is believed to be more economical, more portable, and more accurate than older…
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Prof. Develops Open-Space Laser Transmission Technology
An emerging technology for transmitting data with lasers through open space is being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The technology that aims to exceed the communications capabilities of fiber-optic transmission without the fiber is being studied by physics and engineering professor Rainer Martini (pictured left), who has also started a…