Technology Transfer

Advance Syracuse University research from laboratory to the commercial market where those inventions develop into products and services that benefit society.

Congratulations to Inventors – Recent Patents Issued

The Office of Technology Transfer congratulates the researchers who have had patents issue in the past year.

It is an accomplishment to see a patent ultimately issue from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.  We wish to thank the current and former Syracuse University researchers for their commitment and recognize their accomplishment.

This list represents recently issued patents affiliated with research in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering & Computer Science and the School of Information Studies.

Low Power and Privacy Preserving Sensor Platform for Occupancy Detection
Inventors:  Senem Velipasalar, Sek Meng Chai, Aswin Nadamuni Raghavan – Patent Number: 11,605,231
Issue Date: March 14, 2023

Variable Rate MIMO for Multi-User Communications Involving Airborne Platforms
Inventors:  Biao Chen, Janek Mroczek, Yang Liu – Patent Number: 11,569,871
Issue Date: January 31, 2023

Noninvasive In Vivo Measurement of pH in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Inventors:  Joseph Chaiken – Patent Number: 11,559,203
Issue Date: January 24, 2023

Smart Products Lifecycle Management Platform
Inventors:  Utpal Roy, Yunpeng Li – Patent Number: 11,537,390
Issue Date: December 27, 2022

Biological Agent Specimen Collection and Growth System
Inventors:  Robert B. Silver – Patent Number: 11,517,903
Issue Date: December 6, 2022

Enzyme-Responsive Shape Memory Polymers
Inventors:  James Henderson, Patrick T. Mather, Shelby Buffington – Patent Number: 11,512,417
Issue Date: November 29, 2022

Trackable Reasoning and Analysis for Crowdsourcing and Evaluation
Inventors:  Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Brian McKernan, Patricia Rossini, Carsten Oesterlund, Lael Jeremy Schooler, James Eric Folkestad, Benjamin Clegg, Rosa Mikeal Martey, Kate Marian Kenski, Roc Aron Myers, Sara M. Taylor – Patent Number: 11,507,859
Issue Date: November 22, 2022

Determination of Turbidity Using Elastically and Inelastically Scattered Light
Inventors:  Joseph Chaiken, Jerry Goodisman – Patent Number: 11,415,511
Issue Date: August 16, 2022

Heat-Curling Polymeric Needle for Safe Disposal
Inventors:  Patrick T. Mather, Pine Yang – Patent Number: 11,400,236
Issue Date: August 2, 2022

Synthetic Disugar Hydrocarbons as Natural Analogs to Control Microbial Behaviors
Inventors:  Yan-Yeung Luk, Guirong Wang – Patent Number: 11,357,786
Issue Date: June 14, 2022

Hierarchical Optimized Detection of Relatives
Inventors:  Jonathan Adelman, Michael Marciano – Patent Number: 11,309,062
Issue Date: April 14, 2022

Please note:  Patents and patent applications are added to Experts@Syracuse soon after they are made public.  They are listed in the “Research Output” section.

Much of the above listed intellectual property is available for licensing. Companies and non-for-profits interested in exploring commercial applications should contact the Syracuse University Office of Technology Transfer.

NSF I-Corps Teams Q&A Webinar

The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program provides experiential education on entrepreneurship, customer discovery and business start-up concerns for researchers invested in moving their innovations from lab to market.  

NSF program directors host a monthly webinar to answer questions and provide updated information about I-Corps contacts, the curriculum and important program and application dates.  

The next webinar is scheduled for:

Thursday, April 6, 2023

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern

Register to Attend

Attention SU Researchers – Plan Early for Publications and Presentations

Due to the upcoming holidays and end-of-semester priorities, Syracuse University researchers are encouraged to finalize invention disclosures as soon as possible, due to the lead time needed to analyze invention disclosures and pursue patent protection (if warranted). This is especially true for researchers that will present papers or posters at conferences in early 2023. To submit an invention disclosure go to the online invention disclosure portal.

 

Article: Take Steps to Avoid Patent-Killing “Pre-Print” Disclosures

In the ever-changing publishing environment, researchers need to disclose their patentable research to the Office of Technology Transfer, before sharing it with any publisher, to retain both US and foreign patent rights.  This article authored by David Schwartz and published by Tech Transfer Central provides a few examples of instances where pre-print on-line disclosures by publishing companies extinguished patent protection:

Take Steps to Avoid Patent-Killing “Pre-Print” Disclosures

If you have an invention to disclose, please complete the on-line invention disclosure, or if you have any questions regarding your research and possible parent protection, please contact the Office of Technology Transfer.