Patent Recognition
The University recognized faculty members with patents that issued in 2008 at a halftime presentation during the recent game against Rutgers.
Copyright in Academia: How Does It Work?
The AAUP sponsored a presentation on Copyright at UC, at which a number of documents were passed out including:
Moved
The University of Cincinnati Intellectual Property Office has moved. You can currently find us in University Hall.
UC Inventors Awards
The University recognized faculty members with patents that issued in 2007 at a halftime presentation during the game against the University of Connecticut.
Students at the University of Cincinnati race to finish a sun-powered house for the U.S. Energy Department's Solar Decathlon. Eric Stear, Christopher Davis, and Luke Field (pictured) lead the U. of Cincinnati team. Watch and listen to their story.
(Photograph by Lawrence Biemiller)
BioOhio list includes 4 UC faculty members
| UC researchers have cause to celebrate. Four of our own are recognized among "Thirty in Their Thirties" by BioOhio-the
state's bioscience membership and development organization. Read more about your colleagues and others in Ohio who are making their mark in the latest
edition of BioOhio's
Accelerating Excellence magazine.
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For more information about BioOhio click here
The Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
| The Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology brings together four centers of
excellence, the Center for Nanoscale Materials Science, the Center for BioMEMS and Nanobiosystems, the Center for Nanophotonics, and the Center for
Nanomedicine, composed of faculty from the Colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and Medicine. |
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For more information click on the image above or contact Dr. Thomas Mantei, Interim Director.
Flaw in Calcium Channel found
Dr. Arnold Schwartz, director of the Institute of
Molecular Pharmacology and Biophysics, was part of an international research
team studying the causes of heart failure in genetically engineered mice and
human tissue that found a flaw in Calcium Channel that could lead to better
understanding of how the human heart fails and better therapies. Click on the
image below for a link to an article published in Currents.
MeasureNet added to two universities
MeasureNet, the spinoff
laboratory computer technology from UC's Department of Chemistry, has been added
into the chemistry labs at two universities in Puerto Rico. Click on the image
below for a link to a press release from MeasureNet Technologies, Ltd.
STEP chosen to be showcased
UC's NSF Funded Project STEP was chosen as one of 15 universities to be
showcased in Washington, D.C. on February 5th. Click on the link below for an
article in E-Currents.
http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=5150
UC's Researcher discovers a new way
to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Dr. Britigan, Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine teams with
researchers at the University of Washington on a study that discovered a new way
to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Click on the image below to link to an
article in Currents.
UC's Research Teamwork Brings Inventions Closer to Market
Date: 10/19/2006
By: David Bracey
Phone: (513) 558-4559
The annual report of invention disclosures at the University of Cincinnati, and deals made with industry to develop them, shows a significant increase in ideas that may one day be brought to market, according to the head of UC’s Intellectual Property Office.
Anne Chasser, in only her second year as UC’s associate vice president for technology transfer and commercialization, says that during 2005–06, UC generated more invention disclosures and identified more collaboration among its various colleges and more commercial activity involving UC technology than ever before.
This year’s Intellectual Property Office report, says Sandra Degen, PhD, vice president of research, shows that "innovation is alive and well at UC, which reflects our commitment to be a major player among the world’s academic institutions not only in research, education and health care delivery, but as a business driver too."
"The big story in this year’s report," says Chasser, "is the fact that more collaboration is occurring across all campus colleges. Funding sources like the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, from which we get 85 percent of our research support, are now focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration as one of their major criteria. Collaboration is the future in terms of obtaining research funding, and we’re good at it."
Released yesterday, the report cites the example of Xanthostat Diagnostics Inc., a Cincinnati-based start-up company that is developing technology to improve detection of bleeding in the brain. The device evolved from collaboration between Joseph Clark, PhD, of UC’s neurology department in the College of Medicine, and Fred Beyette, PhD, of the College of Engineering. The company began in an "entrepreneurial boot camp" sponsored by the National Science Foundation and is now developing a prototype device based on intellectual property licenses from UC.
This year, Chasser’s office reports 116 invention disclosures—patentable discoveries made by UC faculty, staff or students while conducting research at the university. Of these disclosures, about 20 percent were interdisciplinary collaborations, compared with only 1 percent last year.
The 116 disclosures also represented a 30 percent increase in overall disclosures compared with last year.
"Deal flow," the amount of commercial activity involving UC’s intellectual property, increased from 17 deals last year to 24 in 2005–06, and patents issued on UC-generated ideas rose from nine to 11, Chasser reports.
To see the complete report online in PDF format, go to: Annual Report
Blank Non-Disclosure Agreement Form Added To UC IPO Web Site
To increase the availability of Non-Disclosure (or Secrecy/Confidentiality)
Agreements to UC researchers, an approved, blank form is now available
for direct download from the UCIPO web site. UC Investigators now
need only download the blank form, fill in the name and address of the
party to whom the information will be disclosed along with a brief description
of the information to be disclosed. Forms then can be sent directly
to the third party for their authorized signature. Complete forms
are sent directly to the UCIPO by fax or mail.
The NDA is available in two different forms: 1-way and 2-way
NCIIA SEEKS PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Application Deadline-May 15, 2002
The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) is seeking proposals that support innovation, invention, and entrepreneurship programs in U.S. colleges and universities. Through June of 2002, NCIIA will award approximately 50 grants of $1-50,000 each to faculty and students of member institutions.
The NCIIA is interested in proposals for courses and projects which further the concept of E-Teams. E-Teams are groups of students, faculty, and professional who join together to pursue the development of an idea, product, or invention, or to solve a problem in a way that has the promise of developing an enterprise that will generate jobs and social benefits. The "E" stands for "excellence" and "entrepreneurship."
Two types of grants are offered:
E-Team Course and Program Development Grants. Grants ranging from $2,000 to $50,000 will be awarded to the to support the development, implementation, and institutionalization of new courses and programs in which student teams will develop innovative, entrepreneurial solutions to real-world problems. Funding can be used for course planning, supplies, equipment, or expenses directly related to the project development.
Advanced E-Team Grants. Grants ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 will be awarded to advanced E-Teams for further development and steps leading to commercialization of their ideas. Funding can be used for project expenses, legal fees, or student internships.
The NCIIA is interested in proposals for programs, courses, and projects in which the following criteria are met: … Programs, courses, and projects in which students will identify and solve real problems for which answers may not yet exist and whose solutions can lead to new entrepreneurial opportunities; … Programs, courses, and projects that are balanced and multidisciplinary, involving faculty, students, and advisors from both technical and business disciplines as well as practitioners in relevant areas; … Projects for which commercialization opportunities are presented in a realistic and well informed context that provides a survey of the existing art, basic competitive intelligence, and
The next deadline is May 15, 2002.
For additional information on the NCIIA and the Request for Proposals, visit their website at www.nciia.org or call 413-587-2172.
Garage.com Launches Business Plan Competition for Student Entrepreneurs
Garage.com, an online venture capital company
that helps entrepreneurs and investors create, build, and fund
promising early-stage technology companies, today announced the
launch of PLANedu, a national business plan competition designed to
foster entrepreneurship among students.
Teams of full-time undergraduate and graduate students (18 years or
older) who are currently enrolled in accredited U.S. colleges or universities
are invited to submit business plan contest entries through Garage.com's
PLANedu Web site:
http://www.garage.com/PLANedu
At the awards ceremony, the panel of judges
will select the Grand Prize team, which will receive $150,000 in
cash. The two First Prize teams each will receive $50,000, while the
two Second Prize teams each will receive $25,000. Garage.com
is accepting contest entries until April 28, 2000.
U.S. Patent Office Plans Method of Stricter Scrutiny
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced that it is adding
an extra layer of review to applications for business method patents.
The action comes amid recent criticism from
the software industry and the legal community that the agency has
been issuing patents for ways of doing business on the Internet that
are common in the offline world and thus obvious and not novel.
PTO Director Q. Todd Dickinson said the secondary review of business
method patent applications is intended to ensure the examiner has complied
with requirements to search for prior art and to determine whether the
scope of claims should be reconsidered.
As part of its initiative,
the agency also plans to hire technology specialists to serve as a
resource for examiners in the areas of banking and finance,
e-commerce, insurance and Internet infrastructure. Dickinson noted
that the PTO has two technology specialists in the biotechnology
arena.
Copyright Not Violated by Hypertext Link
In a recent case, a federal judge held that hypertext linking from one
Web site to another does not constitute copyright infringement. In the
dispute between Ticketmaster and Tickets.com, the court held that "hyperlinking
does not itself involve a violation of the Copyright Act ... since no copying
is involved. The customer is automatically transferred to the particular
genuine Web page of the original author. There is no deception in what
is happening. This is analogous to using a library's card index to get
reference to particular items, albeit faster and more efficiently."
The ruling takes a step toward determining the legality of a fundamental
practice on the Internet.
Federal Funding For R&D
This year, the federal government will fund $60
million in cooperative R&D projects involving small businesses
and universities or federally funded research labs. The National
SBIR/STTR Conference, to be held in Arlington VA on May 5-7, 2000,
is the largest federally sponsored conference focused to helping
small high technology companies and research institutions access
these funds.
A unique feature of the conference
program is the one-on-one meetings with R&D program managers
from the 11 federal agencies responsible for 98% of all the Federal
R&D spending. Over 35 major corporations thus far have indicated
that they will also be having one-on-ones seeking innovative
technologies. Venture capitalists will be looking for new
technologies for their investments.
Additional information is available on the web at: http://www.seeport.com/Conference/friendly.htm
The federal government funds cooperative research between small business
concerns and research institutions through a program called STTR, Small
Business Technology Transfer Research. STTR is modeled on the SBIR program.
Its objective is to encourage technology transfer through cooperative research
between small business concerns and research institutions. The STTR program
has the same three phases as SBIR, however, only small businesses and their
non-profit research institution partners (universities, non-profit institutions
or federally funded research and development centers) may compete in STTR.
Research is to be conducted jointly by a small business concern and its
partner. Not less than 40 percent of the work must be performed by the
small business concern and not less than 30 percent by the nonprofit research
institution.
For more information on specific agency STTR programs, see: http://www.seeport.com/Conference/links.htm
Where Do I Get More Information?
Our web site includes information that should be helpful in answering your
questions about patents, copyrights and other forms of intellectual
property (take a look at the FAQ here). It also contains the UC Invention Disclosure Form and the UC
Intellectual Property Policies and Procedures Manual (for more information take a read here). Forms and copies of
the manual are also available at our offices in Room 240 of University Hall.
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