Multiple peanut varieties developed by William D. Branch, department of crop and soil sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, were non-exclusively licensed to multiple companies.
The Krewer blueberry variety developed by Scott NeSmith, department of horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was non-exclusively licensed.
Heidi Riviere Kelley, a supervisory patent examiner at the U.S. Patent Office handling patent applications in the Chemical and Material Arts, spoke with faculty, staff, and students from the College of Engineering.
Representatives from the Klarquist Sparkman law firm led patent strategy discussions in the department of infectious disease and College of Engineering.
Testing agreements for multiple varieties of turfgrass developed by Brian Schwartz, Paul Raymer and Wayne Hanna, department of crop and soil sciences, were completed for the U.S., Spain and Japan.
Gateway team members attended the Sixth Annual Academic & Industry Intersection Conference at Morehouse School of Medicine featuring public-private partnerships, startup creation and technology commercialization. Dr. Jonathan Murrow, professor of medicine, GRU/UGA Medical Partnership, and co-founder of Infrared Rx participated in the startup Shark Tank session. Infrared Rx is developing technology to benefit patients with peripheral artery disease.
Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybean variety developed in part by Zenglu Li, department of crop and soil sciences, was exclusively licensed.
Vaccines for influenza and mumps, developed by Biao He, department of infectious diseases, were licensed to an international start-up company.
Innovation Gateway staff participated in an AUTM continuing education workshop, “Communicating value to stakeholders.”
A wheat variety developed by Jerry Johnson, department of crop and soil sciences, was exclusively licensed.
