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Study calls on New York State to invest in university
tech transfer
New York State should invest $20 million to $35 million
annually to spin out university-based research into start-up companies,
according to a study produced by Excell Partners, Inc., a state-supported
seed fund partnership with the University of Rochester. The study, “Venture
Capital and Seed Activity in New York State,” notes that New York
is second only to California in the amount of federal research ... continue
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U-Maryland Biotech Institute to be split apart
Farther down the East Coast, Maryland’s biotech community
is taking a wait-and-see attitude after the breakup of the University
of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI). The University System of Maryland’s
Board of Regents is dismantling UMBI as a single institute after an ad
hoc committee investigating the Institute’s effectiveness found
no strong scientific or organizational justification to ... continue
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Four key challenges addressed in upcoming tech transfer
audioconferences
Technology Transfer Tactics has lined up four distance learning
audioprograms over the next two months that address some of the most critical
challenges and opportunities facing tech transfer and IP professionals.
Click on the individual titles below for complete program and faculty
information:
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U-Iowa TTO sues Abbott for patent infringement over manufacture
of Humira
The University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF) in Iowa
City has sued Abbott Laboratories for allegedly infringing a pair of UIRF-owned
patents related to a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter used to manufacture
a number of vaccines and therapeutics. The suit, filed in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Iowa, claims that Abbott has infringed
one or more claims by manufacturing its ... continue
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SBIR bill sent to full Senate disappoints venture industry
Last Thursday, the Senate Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship unanimously passed the “SBIR/STTR Reauthorization
Act of 2009,” sending it to the full Senate for a vote. The bill
would -- for the first time in eight years -- allow venture-backed companies
some access to federal funding for innovation. However, the amount allocated
to venture-backed companies doesn’t thrill the ... continue
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CU licenses blood flow visualization technology
The University of Colorado (CU) has executed an exclusive
license with privately held Illumasonix, LLC, an early-stage medical device
company based in Boulder, for a non-invasive method to provide quantitative
information on complex blood flow in the treatment of vascular disease.
The technology uses ultrasound and FDA-approved microbubbles to track
blood flow, providing real-time assessment ... continue
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Purdue innovation saves energy by checking air conditioner
refrigerant level
Engineers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, have
developed a technique that saves energy and servicing costs by indicating
when air conditioners are low on refrigerant. The virtual refrigerant
charge sensor is especially practical for automotive air conditioners,
which leak refrigerant more than other types of units, and for household
central air conditioning units, says James Braun, professor of ... continue
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Model for patent protection at Virginia Tech speeds up
commercialization process
What happens when a faculty inventor’s desire to rush
his results into publication collides with the TTO’s efforts to
protect the new discovery? Often times, unfortunately, the university
loses out on the right to patent or reap any financial rewards from the
innovation. By 2003, Fred Lee, PhD, the director of the Center for Power
Electronics Systems (CPES), an industry consortium assembled by ... continue
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Scotland sets up Academic Health Research Center
Scotland has followed the example of Great Britain and established
the Scottish Academic Health Sciences Collaboration, a partnership among
four university medical schools and associated hospitals that’s
designed to speed the translation of research into clinical practice.
The partnership brings together the university medical schools in Aberdeen,
Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow to provide a ... continue
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Washing machine using one cup of water heads to hotel
laundries
An environmentally friendly washing machine developed by
a researcher at the University of Leeds (UK) is heading next year to hotel
laundries and commercial dry cleaners. Stephen Burkinshaw, PhD, professor
and chair of textile chemistry, discovered the technology, which is being
commercialized by Xeros, Ltd., in Leeds. Xeros is collaborating with GreenEarth
Cleaning to sell the technology across North ... continue
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BizWorld offers new series of tech transfer market research
reports
BizWorld, parent company of Tech Transfer E-News and Technology
Transfer Tactics, is pleased to present a new line of in-depth market
research reports under a newly established partnership with Business
Insights, a world leader in strategic market analysis. Business
Insights’ portfolio of reports is designed to help you make well-informed
and timely business decisions. With an underlying understanding of problems
facing today’s research commercialization professionals and executives,
these high-value resources will help you crystallize your strategic planning
and drive your organization forward. The first three reports being offered
under the partnership arrangement are highly relevant to tech transfer
and IP professionals. Click on the individual links for full details:
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German university’s space technology optimizes
forest production
Researchers at the Institute of Man-Machine-Interaction at Germany’s
Rhenish-Westphalian Technical University (RWTH) Aachen University have
combined space and robotics technology to develop a precision forestry
positioning system that allows more efficient forest planning and harvesting.
The system, which combines remote sensing maps from airplanes with satellite
navigation data, has helped ... continue
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Water purification technology developed at Auburn receives
EPA registration
A water-purification technology developed at Auburn University has been
granted registration by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The
technology, used in appropriately designed drinking water devices, could
save lives in remote areas or during natural disasters. Dave Worley, professor
in the department of chemistry and biochemistry in Auburn’s College
of Sciences and Mathematics, developed the ... continue
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