The Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge will be from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 13, at the IU School of Informatics at IUPUI. This event will bring together leaders from Indiana’s healthcare, technology and entrepreneurial communities to foster cross-sector collaborations aimed at improving patient care, reducing healthcare costs and continuing to establish Indiana as… Read more »
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Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 4
Now that I have highlighted three of the twelve research projects that reached the technology transfer phase of their development and filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC), I will wrap up this series of blogs by highlighting one last project. I have enjoyed the opportunity to share a few of the projects that contributed to the Indiana Clinical… Read more »
Navy's Crane lab, IU enter collaborative research agreement to enhance private-sector opportunities
Indiana University has entered into a collaborative research and development agreement with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, that will allow IU campuses to work more closely with Crane and with private-sector partners to transfer technology to the private sector. By acting as partnership intermediaries, IU and the IU Research and Technology Corp. will be… Read more »
Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 3
I have now highlighted two of the twelve research projects that have reached the technology transfer phase of their development and filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC). All twelve have contributed to the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) setting a record last year for supported research projects reaching sufficient development to initiate technology transfer activities. I am… Read more »
Indiana CTSI and IURTC-supported Projects Series: Part 2
As mentioned in the first of the four blogs in this series, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) set a record last year for supported research projects that have reached the technology transfer phase of their development, including twelve projects that filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC). I am highlighting four of… Read more »
Indiana CTSI and IURTC Report a Record Year for Technology Transfer
The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) set a record last year for supported research projects that have reached the technology transfer phase of their development. Twelve projects supported by the Indiana CTSI in 2011 have filed invention disclosures with the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC), a not-for-profit agency affiliated with Indiana University that… Read more »
Invention disclosure: key to tech commercialization
Aside from the research itself, the most crucial step in commercializing a lab-generated idea is invention disclosure. Basically, invention disclosure consists of a formal, confidential document that dates and describes the invention. Keep in mind that the invention disclosure process records but does not protect an invention. A good invention disclosure includes a list of… Read more »
IU Faculty Member Michael Kubek – Making a Difference
Over the past 30 years, scientists have synthesized a series of neuropeptides (like those occurring naturally in the brain) that offer huge potential for treating neurological diseases—from depression to Alzheimer’s. But there’s a problem: these neuropeptides are metabolized on their way to the brain. Working at the IU School of Medicine, Professor Michael Kubek and… Read more »
Follow these ‘10 commandments’ to secure angel investment | Technology Transfer Tactics
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Basics of Patent Protection 2
By Tony Armstrong The other day I posted information on patents and trademarks. Following up, here are 2 more ways (and their legal definitions) to protect intellectual property; Copyrights Copyright laws protect written or artistic expressions fixed in a tangible medium – novels, poems, songs or movies. A copyright protects the expression of an… Read more »