Category: Intellectual property
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University Licenses Research for Deer Repellents
University of Minnesota Duluth agronomist and horticulturist Tom Levar has developed a way to protect plants from browsing by deer and mice with a natural hot pepper concentrate delivered to the roots of young plants, making them inedible. Repellex USA, a maker of pest repellents in Niles, Michigan has now licensed the technology. Levar developed…
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Montana State Licensing Biomedical Technologies
Researchers at Montana State University in Bozeman have developed six new biomedical technologies available for licensing to interested companies and entrepreneurs. – An existing clinical drug discovered to act as a potent trigger of immune cells, but also shows promise in enhancing the effectiveness of vaccines, particularly those administered to the lungs. – An extract…
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Patent Awarded for Low Testosterone Treatment
Repros Therapeutics Inc. in the Woodlands, Texas announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has issued a patent for Androxal, the company’s lead treatment for low testosterone in men. This patent claims methods and materials for the treatment of testosterone deficiency in men with secondary hypogonadism, when the sex glands produce little or no hormones.…
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Patent Issued for Nucleic Acid Extraction Technology
Akonni Biosystems in Frederick, Maryland, received a U.S. patent for its “Apparatus, system, and method for purifying nucleic acids” technology, which applies to its nucleic acid binding matrix when inserted into a pipette tip, tubing or cartridge for nucleic acid purification. According to Akonni Biosystems, this technology can reduce to a few minutes the time…
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Louisiana Tech Researcher Awarded Biomedical Engineering Patent
The U.S. Patent Office has issued a patent to Mark DeCoster, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, for his invention of an electromagnetic probe used in medical devices. Deoster and co-inventor Nicolas Bazan of the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, built the “Electromagnetic Probe Device,” at Louisiana Tech’s…
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Cellulosic Ethanol Company to Build R&D Center
The Boston Business Journal reports that Qteros Inc., a Marlborough, Massachusetts company making cellulosic ethanol, will open a new research and development facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts by the end of 2010. CEO John McCarthy tells the Journal the 15,000 square-foot plant will allow for fermentation of biomass on a larger scale than is now possible…
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Patent Awarded for Technology to Extend Hybrid Battery Life
AFS Trinity Power Corporation in Bellevue, Washington says it received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that allows for the combination of ultracapacitors and other devices on a hybrid vehicle’s drive train. This innovation, says the company, will mean plug-in electric vehicles can run longer on smaller batteries. The patent, says the…
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New Patent Application Filed for Pyrolysis Oil Biofuel
Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels (NGBF) in Columbia, Maryland said today it has filed a patent application for their new pyrolysis oil based biofuels. Pyrolysis oil is a synthetic fuel extracted through a technology that converts biomass to liquid under extreme heat in the absence of oxygen. “We have been able to readily and…
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Nanotechnology Gains Higher Profile in Personal-Care Industry
A review of patents issued for new health and beauty products since 2003 shows an increasing reliance on nanotechnology to achieve breakthroughs in product design and performance. Between 2003 and 2009, the number of patents for health and beauty items making use of nanotechnology more than doubled, from 181 in 2003 to 367 in 2009.…
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USPTO Seeks Comments on Strategic Plan
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is asking the public for feedback on its draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2010-2015. The 77-page document describes the agency’s mission, vision, and strategic goals. As described on the USPTO Web site, “The plan as fully implemented will enhance and accelerate the innovation and job growth needed…