The next quarterly meeting of IU’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED) is scheduled for Wednesday (Aug. 24) in Room 1006 of University Hall on the IUPUI campus. Representatives will hear presentations from representatives of Thriving Communities, Thriving State — a statewide initiative of the IU Public Policy Institute. The program employs a… Read more »
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IU enjoys a banner year for licensing, patents & inventions filed with IURTC
For the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., it was a milestone year on a couple of fronts. During the 2015-2016 fiscal year, IURTC oversaw the completion of 43 licensing agreements and it ended the 2015 calendar year ranked 43rd worldwide in patents received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The 43 licensing agreements… Read more »
President McRobbie cites Innovate Indiana Fund, IURTC successes in Indianapolis Business Journal column
President Michael A. McRobbie wrote a column titled “The university as an engine for innovation” for the Indianapolis Business Journal. The entire column is available here. President McRobbie, who also is Chairman of the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., cited several success stories from the Innovate Indiana Fund and IURTC to highlight key points about… Read more »
New design, improved functionality is behind Crimson Catalyst — the primary voice of Innovate Indiana
As hinted in late July, several changes have been made to our Innovate Indiana blog to optimize ease-of-use — particularly on mobile devices. Now renamed Crimson Catalyst, the design — unveiled Aug. 1 — includes a clearer font combined with additional white space and a stronger emphasis on imagery that makes content readily viewed on… Read more »
More than 100 IU School of Medicine researchers disclose inventions to IURTC in 2015-2016 fiscal year
Faculty, staff and student researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine reported 73 inventions during the fiscal year July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Disclosures were made to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at Indiana University so it can be commercialized by industry. IURTC… Read more »
Almost 70 IUPUI researchers submit inventions to IURTC in 2015-2016 fiscal year
Almost 70 faculty, staff and student researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis reported 38 inventions during the fiscal year July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Disclosures were made to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at Indiana University so it can be commercialized by industry. IURTC… Read more »
IU Bloomington researchers submit almost 40 inventions to IURTC in 2015-2016 fiscal year
More than 70 faculty, staff and student researchers at Indiana University Bloomington reported 39 inventions during the fiscal year July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Disclosures were made to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which protects, markets and licenses intellectual property developed at Indiana University so it can be commercialized by industry. Marie… Read more »
IURTC’s Katherine Moynihan to speak at NSF-backed conference
Katherine Moynihan, technology manager at Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. will speak on a panel tomorrow, Aug. 9, during the PrePARE (Paths Afforded by the Regional Enterprise) Conference in Indianapolis. The weeklong professional development conference is funded by the National Science Foundation. The audience is doctoral students and postdocs who are part of the… Read more »
ASK THE TECH MANAGER: Katherine Moynihan discusses when to disclose an invention to IURTC and how to strengthen the disclosure
Q: When should an inventor disclose an invention to IURTC? A: To preserve patent protection in the United States and foreign markets, IURTC must submit a patent application before the invention is publicly disclosed. This includes prior to a poster or oral presentation at a conference, before an abstract is placed online, before a manuscript… Read more »
IURTC licenses cell lines to Canadian life sciences firm
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. has licensed cells developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine. to Applied Biological Materials Inc., based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Academic, clinical and industrial researchers who study therapies to prevent or treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, blood diseases and metabolic disease can use the myeloid-derived cells to conduct experiments, including… Read more »