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Pitt Once Again Climbs in the List of Top Universities for Patents

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

The University of Pittsburgh has once again moved up the list of the top recipients of U.S. utility patents among worldwide universities in 2021, according to the National Academy of …

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Pitt joins NSF I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast Region

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

The University of Pittsburgh is excited to be a partner in the newly awarded NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) Hub: Interior Northeast Region (IN I-Corps). The National Science Foundation (NSF) has …

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Pitt Innovators Issued 10 Patents in August 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt Innovators were issued 10 patents in August 2022. Featured patent: 11,406,736 “Vascular Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel” Extracellular matrix (ECM) bioscaffolds are tissue-specific biomaterials with inherent bioactivity and native structural features …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Patents Issued in August 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt Innovators were issued 10 patents in August 2022. Featured patent: 11,406,736 “Vascular Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel” Extracellular matrix (ECM) bioscaffolds are tissue-specific biomaterials with inherent bioactivity and native structural features …

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Patent Basics with the USPTO

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Experienced patent examiners from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) visited the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s brand new Big Idea Center for student innovation recently to give …

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Pitt Innovators Deliver Robust Year of Commercialization Activity and Impact

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators turned in another year of remarkable innovation as measured in both numbers and impact in Fiscal 2022. Following is a brief overview of the fiscal year for the …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Patents Issued in June/July 2022

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt Innovators were issued 15 patents in June and July of 2022. Featured patent: 11,384,400 “Methods of Treating Cancers Containing Fusion Genes” Pitt innovators led by Jianhua Luo have discovered …

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Startup Check-in: Lumis Corp Hires CEO and Expands Products

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

The last time we checked in on Pitt startup Lumis Corp. it was still a one-man show and seeking its first customers. As we catch up with the company today …

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Innovation Heats up in Summer First Gear Commercialization Cohort

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Leading up to the fireworks that boom and echo across the hills and valleys of Western Pennsylvania on the Fourth of July, a group of Pitt innovators were busy determining …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces 16 Patents Issued in May 2022

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 16 U.S. patents in May 2022. Piezoelectric materials have many technological applications, from actuators to sensors to energy harvesting. They are especially attractive for interconverting electrical …

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A Breath of Fresh Air for Innovation & Commercialization

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Within four years of arriving at Pitt for a clinical and research fellowship in Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine (PACCM), Jason Rose had obtained a master’s in business administration …

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Pitt Recognized as Top University for Technology Transfer

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

The University of Pittsburgh ranked #21 in the nation and in the top 10 of public universities for university technology transfer in a new report from Heartland Forward, a nonprofit …

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