Category: Intellectual property
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Start Up Licenses University Mining Sensor Technology
United Science, a start up company in Center City, Minnesota, has licensed sensor technology developed at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis that could prevent toxic byproducts of copper and iron mining, and potentially other industries, from ending up in the environment. Chemistry associate professor Philippe Buhlmann developed the ion selective electrode (ISE) sensor membrane.…
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Univ of Washington Sues GE for Patent Infringement
The University of Washington in Seattle filed suit in federal court against global manufacturer General Electric Company and its subsidiary GE Healthcare for infringing on a patent held by the university for registering images from ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sources. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the patent to the university in…
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Baxter, Takeda Complete Deal on Influenza Vaccines
Baxter International Inc. in Deerfield, Illinois and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in Osaka, Japan said today they completed a development, license, and technology transfer agreement to bring Baxter’s Vero cell culture-based influenza vaccines to the Japanese market. This agreement expands on the companies’ current collaborations involving cell-based flu vaccines. Under the agreement, Baxter will exclusively license…
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New Process Developed for Bio-Plastic Feedstocks
Chemical engineers at University of Massachusetts in Amherst have developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks from biomass, such as waste wood, agricultural waste and non-food energy crops. This method, that the authors say is economically competitive to current processes using fossil fuels, can produce industrial materials such as benzene, toluene, xylenes, and olefins,…
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University Licenses Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Technology
The University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), both in Vancouver, Canada, said today that Covidien, a Dublin, Ireland provider of health care products, has licensed a drug-delivery platform technology invented by UBC researcher, Pieter Cullis. CDRD provided the development facilities and commercialization services that led to this…
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U.S., Europe Patents Issued for RNAi Drug Delivery
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. in Vancouver, Canada, a developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, says that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and European Patent Office (EPO) have issued patents covering elements of Tekmira’s lipid nanoparticle technology for delivering nucleic acid therapeutics, including small interfering RNA (siRNA). RNAi therapeutics have the potential to treat…
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USA, EU, Japan Patent Offices Vow To Improve Work Sharing
Leaders of the patent offices in the United States, European Union, and Japan agreed to speed the process of examination of patent applications by better sharing materials on common filings. The three organizations met this week at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia for their 28th annual conference. The three…
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University Spins Off Biomarker Targeting Company
The University of Liège in Belgium announced the first spin-off company, called Targetome, from GIGA, the university’s applied geno-proteomics center. The company is led by Vincent Castronovo (pictured left), a university faculty member on whose research the company is based. The company is developing a new technique to identify biomarkers which are over-expressed in certain…
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Pfizer and UCSF Sign R&D Collaboration, More Planned
Pfizer Inc., the New York, N.Y. pharmaceutical manufacturer, said today it will establish a network of partnerships with academic medical centers to access the talents of university researchers. Called the Global Centers for Therapeutic Innovation, the University of California, San Francisco is the first university in Pfizer’s network. Pfizer plans to establish a presence at…
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Baking Soda Improves Oil Output from Algae
Sodium bicarbonate, the familiar baking soda found in households worldwide, can increase the production of oil precursors from algae, according to researchers at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman. However, for baking soda to work with algae, it must be added a precisely the right time, and pinning down that time was a big part…