IP Panel student representative Patrick O’Doherty (right) explains some of his panel comments to a patent attorney and UWS Innovation & Consulting in more detail.Pictured: Robert Burnside (UWS I&C), William Hird (Patent Attorney, Davies Collison Cave), Patrick O-Doherty (PhD Student)
The University of Western Sydney's (UWS) growing innovation capability was on show again at this year’s second Intellectual Property (IP) Evaluation Panel, which took place in July at Frogmore House, Werrington North Campus.
The UWS IP Evaluation Panel assists staff and students with progression of intellectual property which may require protection and/or investment. UWS staff and students have the opportunity through UWS Innovation & Consulting to present their innovations to the panel for assessment of patentability and commercial potential.
The UWS IP Evaluation Panel assists staff and students with progression of intellectual property which may require protection and/or investment. UWS staff and students have the opportunity through UWS Innovation & Consulting to present their innovations to the panel for assessment of patentability and commercial potential.
Patrick O’Doherty, a UWS PhD student in the School of Biomedical Science, sat on this recent panel as a non-voting member, and was a very active contributor to the discussions. Patrick joined an eminent panel of UWS academics, industry experts and a patent attorney, who were able to provide advice on the cutting edge research, the IP potential and interest levels from the pharmaceutical industry.
During the day, Dr. Antonio Lauto from the School of Biomedical Sciences presented his idea for a novel medical device to the panel and Dr Adriyan Milev and Dr Kamali Kannangara presented their research on a new carbon nanotube production technique. Both of these inventions received support for initial IP investment from UWS.
Presentations by Adj. A/ Prof. Minh Nguyen re-affirmed Innovation & Consulting’s decision to invest in his potentially ground breaking juice and dairy concentration technology, with the panel providing valuable input on its current status and potential.
The latest panel stimulated very robust discussion of the exciting technologies. Our thanks to the dynamic panel members of the day; William Hird (Patent Attorney, Davies Collison Cave), Assoc.Prof. Terry Sloan (CoB), Patrick O’Doherty (HDR Student, Biomed), Dr. Gary Dennis (CHS), Gar Jones (Director, ORS), Dr. Phil Kearney (Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty. Limited), Assoc.Prof. Hart Cohen (CoA), Dr Cathy Foley (CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering), Dr Fiona Cameron (UWS I&C, Chair). This blog will keep you up to date with progress of the inventions as they move along the exciting path to commercialisation.
The remaining IP Evaluation Panel dates for 2010 are:
»» Friday, 8 October 2010
»» Friday, 5 November 2010
No comments:
Post a Comment