The University of Virginia Patent Foundation was awarded a record 32 patents in 2010 for ideas cooked up by university inventors.
The new patents cover medical technology, water-safety technology and more.
When a student, staff member or faculty member needs protection for a discovery, the patent foundation is the institutional apparatus the handles the paperwork, filing about 50 applications each year.
Roughly 200 applications are currently under review.
“While patent volume is just one of many ways to measure inventive activity, to actually be awarded an issued patent is no small victory,” said Miette H. Michie, interim executive director and CEO of the foundation, in a release.
“When our patents issue, it means University of Virginia inventors are continually getting it right; they are developing truly innovative devices, methods and materials that will be useful in fighting disease and in helping to solve the world’s problems.”
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