With Saudi Arabia’s accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), there is much anticipation and discussion going on regarding the impact of the accession, particularly in our field of technology transfer. For example, people are wondering about impacts on patent...
read moreAs KAUST TTI’s patent administrator, my job is to keep the patent prosecution process moving. This is a harder task than you might think. I coordinate between TTI case managers, our outside counsel in the United States, and KAUST inventors....
read moreEarly in 2011, KAUST’s Catalysis Center discovered a new fibrous silica nanospheres material called KCC-1. As part of our commercialization efforts, we’ve since established a scale-up facility in KAUST’s Innovation Cluster using a 20-liter reactor for production of KCC-1. Now, we are...
read moreI recently participated in a training course on research contracts hosted by PraxisUnico, a UK-based nonprofit that supports education related to innovation and commercialization of public sector and charity research for social and economic impact. The course focused on analyzing...
read moreWith all the news about patent litigation these days, some have argued that patents are hurting innovation. There have even been suggestions of just eliminating or greatly curtailing patent rights. Such comments are heard particularly loudly when products are pulled...
read moreBy the middle of the 21st century, the world’s urban population is expected to nearly double, increasing to 6.4 billion in 2050. This extraordinary growth will create many new challenges for urban planning and city infrastructures. Many city planners are...
read moreThe job of a tech transfer office can seem deceptively simple: pinpoint new technologies, showcase them to the market. In reality, our role is much more complex. It’s more than just connecting industries with new technologies. It’s understanding those industries...
read moreProf. Atif Shamim and team at the IMPACT Lab (Integrated Microwave Packaging Antennas & Circuits Technology) developed a tracking system that uses patches of paper printed with an inkjet printer. Attached to an object, these tags have tiny GSM and GPS chips...
read moreCatalyst and sorbent manufacturers, this one is for you. That goes for companies in coatings, petrochemicals, carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, hydrogen (H2) storage, and cosmetics. A research team at KAUST may have revolutionized the fields of silica applications. It is...
read moreThere’s been lots of talk recently about “open innovation.” Dr. Henry Chesbrough, at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, coined the term and has written three books on the subject. It’s now become a popular buzzword, but what does open...
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