And again: Way to go Rovertown!!

Rovertown was selected as an Arch Grants recipient from 707 applications around the world.  Many congrats!

Marketwatch
May 15, 2013

Arch Grants Announces 2013 Global Startup Competition Winners to Help Create the St. Louis of Tomorrow

20 Entrepreneurs Win $1 Million Along with Free Support Services

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More Patent News

SIU inventor Dr. Andrei Kolmakov's US patent entitled "Analyte Multi-Sensor for the Detection and Identification of Analyte and Method of Using the Same" will issue and publish for the first time on May 21, 2013.  It has thus far been withheld from publication by the Department of Homeland Security.

New Patent Issued

Congratulations to SIU inventors Dr. Luke Tolley and Dr. Matt McCarroll for their patent "Method of detecting analyte-biomolecule interactions," issued today, May 7, 2013.

Supporting your Finals Efforts!

Hope you're having a great finals week!  You still need sustenance, so stop by McDonald's at the Student Center now until 11am and we'll buy you some coffee and rolls.  Last Tech Tran Coffee Talk of the Spring Semester!  Email techtran@siu.edu with questions.

America Invents Act: Prior Art Tutorial

These videos from the USPTO website are helpful for understanding what constitutes prior art under the new  "first inventor to file" AIA rules:

• Prior Art Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1)
• Exceptions to Prior Art Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)  
• Prior Art Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2)
• Exceptions to Prior Art Under AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)

Here is a link on the USPTO website to inventor resources.

Tech Tran Coffee Talk on Tuesday

First Tuesday Tech Tran Coffee Talk will take place at the Student Center McDonald's, Tuesday May 7 from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  We don't have a set agenda but you (yes YOU;) can come and chat with us about patents, innovation, startups, and any questions you may have. We hope to see you there!  Email techtran@siu.edu for more information.

New Patents Filed

A Single Step Method for Producing Carbon Nanotube Based Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Process
Inventors: Saikat Talapatra, Kanchan Mondal

Scalable Message Passing for Ridge Regression

Inventors: Qaing Shawn Cheng, Hongbo Zhou (PhD Student)

More to come.