Tag: licensing
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Startups License Academic Research to Combat Counterfeiting
Two startup companies completed exclusive license agreements with University of Arkansas – Little Rock (UALR) to bring to market technology developed by UALR’s Nanotechnology Center that offers anti-counterfeiting solutions for manufacturers. UALR says the technology will enable companies and government agencies to authenticate items with an invisible and unique code that is virtually impossible to…
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University Licenses Carbon Nanotube Technology for Fuel Cells
Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee has commercialized research on nanomaterials by one of its engineering professors to a company making components for hydrogen fuel cells. Bing Energy Inc., a manufacturer of fuel cell components in Chino, California, has entered into an agreement with FSU that gives it exclusive use of Zheng’s patented technology. Jim…
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USDA Research Leads to Commercial Stinging Insect Trap
Wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets will spoil any summer barbeque or picnic, but they also pose a serious threat to agriculture field workers, particularly at harvest time. Research by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has led to development of a trap that protects picnickers…
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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…