{"title":"Highlights from the Eighth Annual Meeting of The National Academy of Inventors","authors":"Kimberly A. Macuare, P. Sanberg","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.105","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents highlights from the Eighth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), which was held April 10 to 11, 2019, in Houston, Texas. The NAI meeting is held each year to honor academic invention and inventors, to inspire invention and invention networks,\u0000 and to raise the profile of university and non-profit research. The 2019 meeting, \"Connecting the Innovation Community\", foregrounded the important relationships and nexuses among the institutions and organizations that support invention and entrepreneurship.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"18 1","pages":"105-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72754219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew J. Maas, Kaylan Deshpande, Kyle E. Friesen, J. Yates
{"title":"Key Takeaways from \"The Intersection of University Inventions and Recent Cases at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)\"","authors":"Andrew J. Maas, Kaylan Deshpande, Kyle E. Friesen, J. Yates","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.131","url":null,"abstract":"This article provides a brief summary of the discussion, presentation, and knowledge shared during the Eight Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors held in Houston, Texas, in April 2019. The panel, \"The Intersection of University Inventions and Recent Cases at the Patent\u0000 Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB),\" focused on university inventions and the PTAB, with perspectives from a university technology transfer office, a PTAB administrative patent judge, and attorneys practicing before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and in Federal District Court.\u0000 The panel was led by Andrew Maas of Louisiana State University and included Kalyan Deshpande of the USPTO; Kyle Friesen of Shook, Hardy & Bacon; and Jay Yates of Patterson + Sheridan. The panel busted myths and provided helpful information and perspective on the PTAB.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"5 1","pages":"131-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84916825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Removing Barriers to Regenerative Medicine And Promoting Innovative Applications: The Discovery Of Human Endogenous Pluripotent Muse Cells","authors":"M. Dezawa","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.143","url":null,"abstract":"Multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells are naturally existing, non-tumorigenic reparative endogenous stem cells identified by SSEA-3 expression. Muse cells are able to differentiate into nearly all cell types in the body, mobilize from the bone marrow to the peripheral\u0000 blood and distribute to the connective tissue of organs, and contribute to daily minute repair of damaged/lost cells by spontaneous differentiation into tissue-compatible cells. Endogenous Muse cells express receptors for damage signaling by sphingosine-1-phosphate and are thus able to specifically\u0000 home to sites of damage to regenerate healthy tissue by simultaneous differentiation into multiple tissue-constituent cells. When the number of endogenous Muse cells is not sufficient, administration of exogenous Muse cells delivers robust functional recovery. Muse cells do not need to be\u0000 \"induced\" or genetically manipulated to exhibit pluripotency or to differentiate into various cell types for clinical use. Intravenous drip is the main method of administration, making surgery unnecessary. Furthermore, because Muse cells have an immunomodulatory system similar to the placenta,\u0000 donor-derived Muse cells can be directly administered to patients without human leukocyte antigen-matching or immunosuppression therapy. Clinical trials for the treatment of myocardial infarction, stroke, and epidermolysis bullosa by intravenous delivery of donor-derived Muse cells are currently\u0000 being conducted by the Life Science Institute Inc., a member of the Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Overall, Muse cells may safely provide clinically relevant regenerative effects compatible with the 'body's natural repair systems' by a simple, cost-effective strategy—collection\u0000 of Muse cells, large-scale expansion, and intravenous administration.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"55 1","pages":"143-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85145966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The State of the Academy: Commentary on the Growth Of the National Academy of Inventors","authors":"P. Sanberg, C. Schreiber","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.179","url":null,"abstract":"The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) held the Eighth Annual Meeting of the NAI in Houston, TX, in April 2019. The event, whose theme was \"Connecting the Innovation Community,\" consisted of lectures, presentations, and discussions on the most pressing issues facing academic invention\u0000 today. In his State of the Academy address, Paul R. Sanberg, president of the NAI, discussed the year's advances, including two new initiatives launched in 2018: the Senior Members program and the Global Academic Inventors Network. He also provided updates on existing programs, such as the\u0000 NAI Fellows program and the Chapter program.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"43 1","pages":"179-185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79322766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inclusive Innovation: Creating a Conference To Promote Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math","authors":"Tojan B Rahhal, S. Devlin, E. Loboa","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.123","url":null,"abstract":"The College of Engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia (MU Engineering) develops engineering leaders who positively influence society and bring innovation to the global workforce. Recruiting top students from around the world to fuel an atmosphere of excellence and cutting-edge\u0000 growth, MU Engineering prepares out-of-the-box thinkers, innovators, and entrepreneurs who stand ready to lead today and adapt to tomorrow. To engage all of our students with industry in an inclusive space, the MU Engineering Office of Diversity and Outreach Initiatives established the Diverse\u0000 Engineering Professionals Conference in 2017 in partnership with a student committee. The committee included representatives from various organizations, including the National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Engineering Student Council, Society of Women\u0000 Engineers, and Out in STEM. Industrial sponsorships were secured with assistance from the MU Engineering Leadership, Engagement and Career Development Academy. The daylong conference recognizes diversity organizations and diverse students and their achievements while promoting our core college\u0000 values of integrity, excellence, and collaboration. The conference includes professional development and diversity education workshops, research presentations, keynote speakers, and a closing ceremony. In its first year, the conference featured nine companies and attracted about 75 attendees.\u0000 In year two, the conference nearly doubled its impact with 12 companies and 150 attendees, including students from all majors, years, and demographics. The conference was well received across both years and continues to grow as an annual effort in the college. Feedback from company representatives\u0000 and students re-emphasized the need for an intimate company-student environment like that found at the Diverse Engineering Professionals Conference.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"1 1","pages":"123-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89752033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Dilling, Anne C. DiSante, Ross Durland, Christine Flynn, L. Metelitsa, V. Selvamanickam
{"title":"Formulating Industry-Academic Collaborations That Work: Best Practices to Ensure a Strong Relationship After the Agreements are Signed","authors":"M. Dilling, Anne C. DiSante, Ross Durland, Christine Flynn, L. Metelitsa, V. Selvamanickam","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.169","url":null,"abstract":"Collaborations between academia and industry are growing in scope, duration, and sophistication. The best collaborations recognize the unique strengths and skill sets of both parties and are structured to leverage what each party does best. In many cases, these collaborations develop\u0000 into long-term relationships, and it is important to develop the systems and structures needed to support these relationships to ensure that they meet the needs of both sides. Successful collaborations require the formulation of a governance structure to facilitate communication, decision-making,\u0000 assessment of progress, and the inevitable changes of direction that accompany product development. This panel explored the pragmatic aspects of successfully structuring collaborations and managing the relationships after the deal is done. Several dominant themes associated with successful\u0000 collaborative relationships emerged from the discussion, and these will be explored in this article.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"33 1","pages":"169-177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81053904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Connecting the Innovation Community: The Eighth Annual National Academy of Inventors Meeting","authors":"K. Valsaraj, L. Zechiedrich","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"22 1","pages":"101-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91194845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The NAI Chapter Spotlight: University of Idaho","authors":"Jeremy K. Tamsen, Kimberly A. Macuare","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.191","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"24 1","pages":"191-193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80619651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The NAI Profile: An Interview With Dr. Steven C. Currall","authors":"Steven C. Currall, Kimberly A. Macuare","doi":"10.21300/21.1.2020.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.1.2020.195","url":null,"abstract":"Dr. Steven C. Currall, international innovation thought leader, experienced higher education leader, and scholar of organizational behavior and management, recently sat down for an in- terview with Technology & Innovation to discuss his new role as leader of a fast-rising\u0000 research university, the innovation gap in the U.S., and the twenty-first century university.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"16 1","pages":"195-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89081860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Luminosity Lab—An Interdisciplinary Model of Discovery and Innovation for the 21st Century","authors":"M. Naufel","doi":"10.21300/21.2.2020.115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21300/21.2.2020.115","url":null,"abstract":"Historically, higher education institutions have been designed with a focus on developing mastery and furthering the body of knowledge within distinct academic disciplines. Unfortunately, this intended design has resulted in a lack of collaboration between academic units and has stifled\u0000 interdisciplinary research between students and faculty across domains. The Luminosity Lab, located at Arizona State University, is an archetype for a new model of collaborative interdisciplinary research teams. Exceptional students are hand-selected from all areas of the university and come\u0000 together to fuse youthful spirit, academic prowess, and business acumen—the makings of a 'great group.' Students work together to produce system-level projects that are capable of having a large-scale societal impact. Building upon concepts from systems engineering, the lab employs the\u0000 use of a view model to analyze current and future systems from various viewpoints (e.g., enterprise, functional, computational, engineering, technology, services, standards). By leveraging the strengths of systems thinking, strategic design, and agile methodologies, our interdisciplinary team\u0000 is positioned to tackle systemic challenges in domains such as healthcare, energy, education, and global climate. This model of interdisciplinary research was tested at Arizona State University across three academic years with participation from over 100 students, who represented more than\u0000 20 academic disciplines. The results have shown successful integration of interdisciplinary expertise to identify unmet needs, design innovative concepts, and develop research-informed solutions. By adopting this approach, higher education institutions can begin to break down the walls that\u0000 exist between academic units and start to use a holistic view of research and innovation for solving global issues.","PeriodicalId":44009,"journal":{"name":"Technology and Innovation","volume":"54 1","pages":"115-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90874340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}