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How Patent Vulnerability Impacts Valuation

How Patent Vulnerability Impacts Valuation

Patent valuation is one of the trickiest tasks a company can face, according to patent law expert David Wanetick with The Business Development Academy, who has written a primer on how valuation—and vulnerability—can affected by many factors.

Y-Carbon receives second NSF SBIR award

  Y-Carbon Inc., the winner of a 2009 R&D 100 Award for its Tunable Nanoporous Carbon, has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation SBIR phase I grant in the amount of $150,000 for scaling up production of its carbon nanomaterials. Y-Carbon, Inc. will occupy a new 2,000 square foot facility in Bristol, UK for its pilot plant. In the past two years, Y-Carbon has successfully transitioned from producing milligram quantities using methods developed at a Drexel University lab to manufacturing tens and hundreds of grams of material without performance degradation.  

Lab analysis: Recovery Act may stimulate community-scale wind projects

Lab analysis: Recovery Act may stimulate community-scale wind projects

The stimulus package passed in 2009 by Congress may help shovel-ready community wind projects move ahead, according to a new report by Mark Bolinger, a scientist at Berkeley Lab. Bolinger analyzed the impact of two new incentives for wind power that were included in the Recovery Act.

Venture Philanthropy in Medical Research

Venture Philanthropy in Medical Research

Our eyes would tell us that funding for medical research finds itself now at a kind of triple witching hour. Financial, political and social assumptions that have held sway for the last half century are expiring simultaneously and the world economy is in a deep recession. Biomedical investigators are left wondering where new funding will come from in a financial system that may be years in recovery.

India becomes R&D hotspot

At Microsoft's research center in a leafy lane in India's tech capital, a new generation of researchers are being groomed half a world away from the software giant's sprawling headquarters in Seattle.

Biotech firms receive lion's share of VC

Biotechnology leapt ahead as the biggest recipient of U.S. venture capital money in the second quarter, but first-time venture investments in companies overall dropped to a 15-year low, a trade association reported.

2009 Global  R&D Funding Forecast Update

2009 Global R&D Funding Forecast Update

A recession, stimulus, new administration, continuing resolutions, and globalization effects have altered the picture of R&D spending from just six months ago.

A Strong Future for Independent Research

Despite the current economic downturn, independent research organizations remain optimistic. For the tenth consecutive year, the editors of R&D Magazine interviewed the CEOs of the leading independent R&D laboratories in the U.S. to determine the challenges and opportunities they face.

Government and Industrial R&D Face Challenges

An internal Battelle survey draws upon the views and experiences of staff who are closely involved with the conduct of research that supports a wide range of government and industrial clients.

Slowing Economy Dampens 2008 R&D Spending

Slowing Economy Dampens 2008 R&D Spending

The U.S. research and development environment is being shaped in 2008 by a myriad of economic, political, and technical factors.

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Much ado about next to nothing

Much ado about next to nothing

The recent review of the past 10 years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative--as presented by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology--suggested the rise of nanomanufacturing as the near future of nanotechnology. But the actual proposed funding reflects a cautious approach, even about nanotech in general.

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

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NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

NuGard First Response Protective Clothing are lightweight coveralls, jackets, and pants that provide protection from heat and flame while keeping the wearers body temperature constant.

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Professor David Wessel shows his multi-touch interface that uses computer technologies that allow him to experiment with fine controls to "caress" the instrument.

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Submersible FlowCAM catches particle images and data in-situ and real-time
Submersible FlowCAM catches particle images and data in-situ and real-time

Fluid Imaging Technologies recently introduced its Submersible FlowCAM particle and cell imaging and analysis system at Ocean Sciences 2010 in Portland, Ore. The remote sensing platform can be used for continuous, unattended monitoring tethered to research vessels or autonomous submersibles.

Daytime running light has just two LEDs

The new OSTAR Compact LED from OSRAM has been developed specifically for use in vehicle headlights. Despite drawing just 5 W, the device provides 300 lumens of power and meets ECE/SAE color binning requirements for use on motor vehicles.

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Detection system for microbial contamination testing
Detection system for microbial contamination testing

Millipore Corporation launched its new Milliflex Quantum rapid microbial detection system. The system enables drug and vaccine manufacturers to respond to microorganism contamination earlier in the production process.

Junction boxes

Heyco Products, Inc. has announced availability of their new PVB-101 Junction Boxes.

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