Category: Intellectual property
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Patent Issued to Biotech for DNA Libraries
Dyadic International Inc., a biotechnology company in Jupiter, Florida says it has been issued Patent No. 7,794,962 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on its method for the expression and subsequent screening of DNA libraries in filamentous fungal hosts. The company says the patented technology can help speed up the discovery of genes…
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Ozone Technology to be Tested in Soil Cleanup Demo
Civil and environmental engineering professor Andy Hong at University of Utah in Salt Lake City has partnered with Chinese environmental cleanup company Honde LLC to use Hong’s method of heightened ozonation treatment (HOT) to clean metals and other contaminants from polluted soil along the shores of Lake Taihu near Wuxi, China. Hong’s HOT technology infuses…
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Patent Issued for Dupuytren’s Contracture Drug
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Malvern, Pennsylvania, a developer of specialty biopharmaceuticals, said today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Patent No. 7,811,560 covering purified collagenase, the active component in Auxilium’s drug Xiaflex. The drug is a treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture a thickening of the palm’s deep connective tissue. The patent, says…
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University Spins-Off Port Security Training Company
A research project to develop a new training course in port security at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee has led to a new company that aims to train workers at the nation’s 350 commercial ports. The company, Educational Development Group LLC (EDG), has begun marketing its security training program and online reporting system to…
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Survey: University Startups, Products Keep Pace in 2009
The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), the association of institutional technology transfer professionals, released yesterday its 2009 licensing survey, showing the volume of startups and new products last year about the same as in 2008, but the number of new patents filed in the U.S. dropping. AUTM’s survey says personnel at universities, research institutes,…
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N.C. State Patents Computer Chip Materials Technology
Researchers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh have patented technology that the developers say can change the global energy and communications infrastructure. The researchers, led by Jay Narayan, professor of materials science and engineering and co-holder of the patent, have developed the means to integrate gallium nitride (GaN) sensors and devices directly into silicon-based…
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Stanford Univ. Licenses IVF Technology
Auxogyn Inc., a medical technology company in Menlo Park, California says it acquired an exclusive license from Stanford University to develop products that can help improve the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures. Auxogyn specializes in technologies for women’s reproductive health. A new paper describing the technology licensed from Stanford demonstrates that a human…
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Study: Tactile Signals Can Give Directions to Drivers
A new study finds drivers talking on cell phones and not hearing spoken instructions from a passenger or navigation system, can still get directions from devices mounted on the steering wheel. Nate Medeiros-Ward, a psychology doctoral student at University of Utah in Salt Lake City will present the findings tomorrow at the annual meeting of…
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Researchers Getting Genetic Help for Biofuel Production
Researchers from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and Cargill are examining genetic materials from a cow’s digestive system to help break down plant fibers for conversion into biofuel. To convert corn stover and switchgrass into biofuel, the plant fibers must first be broken down into sugars. But cell wall polymers are cross-linked in various ways that…
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“Why are we copyrighting science?”
Two researchers in psychiatry from University of Colombo in Sri Lanka criticized the practice of copyrighting measurement scales, tests, and related technologies used in their field and other disciplines, saying that the practice hinders the advance of medical science. Varuni de Silva and Raveen Hanwella published their commentary, “Why are we copyrighting science?”, in this…