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TTIC and ARS Technology Transfer News

• New Sugar Beet Line Combines Disease Resistance, Smooth Roots

• A New Defense Against Insect Pests

• Sugar Tapped for New, Edible Adhesives

• New Sensing System Counts Corn in a Field

• ARS Developing New, Disease-Resistant Citrus Rootstocks

• Boosting Potatoes' Natural Ability to Protect Themselves

• A Comeback for Soy-Based Bread?

• Process Packs Protein into Snacks

• Compounds Zap Grapevines' Worm Enemy

• New ARS Technology Cuts Cotton Gin Noise

• A Low-Cost Collector For Sampling Low-Volume Water Flow

• Automatic Poultry Inspection Goes On Line

• New Test to Improve Plum Pox Monitoring in Stone Fruit

• ARS Releases New Blackberry Cultivars

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IP News Updated Daily

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Conferences

• Technology Connections: Funding, Strategies and Partnerships
  April 26-29, 2004
  Atlanta, GA
  2004 National SBIR/STTR Program Conference.

• Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) 2004 National Meeting.
  May 3-7, 2004
  San Diego, CA

• Florida State Technology Transfer Conference
  May 17-18
  St. Petersburg, FL
  The Florida Tech Transfer Conference is a statewide event showcasing breakthrough information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology available for licensing and commercialization. The conference is designed for industry executives and entrepreneurs interested in turning university research into profit.

• Homeland SecurityTechnology Summit
  Research Triangle Park, NC,
  July 26/27, 2004
  summit20040726@ozonelik.com
  1-888-291-5884
  Please join Ozonelink Inc. for a high-tech Homeland defense and resilience management system specialists. For a unique summit that will focus on technology and its applications to Homeland Security. The Summit will bring together experts from the international private and public sectors. The summit delegates will comprise 500 to 700 leaders from government, business, and academia. Anyone connected or concerned with the security issues of a country, government employees, institutions, or organizations – from the largest to the smallest - should attend this event.

Conference Calendars

• Calendar of Events, the Federal Laboratory Consortium

• AUTM Events and Other Events, The Association of University Technology Managers.

• Current Events for the Independent Inventor, The US Patent and Trademark Office

• Licensing Executives Society Events

• BIO Partnering Events lists partnering and business opportunity forums sponsored the Biotechnology Industry Association

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Agricultural Research News

• Agricultural Research Magazine. Information about ARS research and activities

• ARS News Service - ARS news and information. Also available via email.

• ARS Research Projects and Directories, Projects by state and region

• A Few of the Many Outstanding ARS Accomplishments. (Dec. 1999). Top ARS accomplishments of the 1900s.

• The Transfer of Public Science to Patented Technology: A Case Study in Agricultural Science presents the results of a study for the Agricultural Research Service (USDA) by CHI Research, Inc. Patent citations are analyzed to measure the effectiveness of technology transfer and research efforts. (1997)

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Awards and Honors

• Scientists Honored for Bringing Technology Out of the Lab and Into the Marketplace (2/13/03)

• Veneman Honors USDA's Top Scientists of 2002 (2/12/03)

• Scientists Honored for Moving Research Results to Market (2/8/2001)

• USDA Director and Researchers win Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards for Technology Transfer (May 2000)

• ARS Employees Receive 1999 Honor Awards (June 9, 1999)

• ARS Scientists Honored by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) (4/21/99)

• ARS Scientists Awarded for Outstanding Technology Transfer Efforts (2/2/99)

• Agriculture Research Service Awards Top Researchers (2/3/99)

• USDA/ARS Winners of the 1997 Federal Laboratory Consortium Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards.

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Technology Transfer News

• The Technology Transfer weblog

• International Association for Management of Technology Newsletter

• AUTM Survey Shows Who Really Uses Academic Research. The answer - small businesses!

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Legislation

• Laws concerning Federal Technology Transfer are codified in Tile 35, Chapter 18 " Patent Rights in Inventions Made with Federal Assistance"
• The Green Book - Federal Technology Transfer Legislation and Policy
  Sections of US Code relating to Technology Transfer. Published by the Federal Laboratory Consortium

• Legislative Activities, American Intellectual Property Law Association

• Legislation & Policy links from the Federal Laboratory Consortium

• American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 Information from the USPTO.

Current ARS news | IP news | Conferences | Agricultural Research News | Tech Transfer News | Legislation

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