Innovation Insider

APRIL 2023

The Kentucky Innovator Challenge (KIC), April 11, on the University of Kentucky campus hosted over 150 participants for a full day of keynote speeches, industry and federal government presentations and a special guest.

Inspiring keynotes and amazing presentations were provided throughout the day. SPOT made a special appearance courtesy of Gray Solutions and many connections were made.

We appreciate those who were able to attend the Kentucky Innovator Challenge and would like your feedback. Please fill out our survey by clicking the link below.

"The Kentucky Innovator Challenge over-delivered on its goal to bring together genuine business problems and well-resourced problem-solvers across the Commonwealth," said Eric Wang, CEO and Managing Director, EcoFibre. "The event created several new collaboration partners in industries and across University of Kentucky that I had not expected. The future value of the Kentucky Innovator Challenge cannot be understated."

UK WOMEN INNOVATORS NETWORK (UKWIN)

The UK Women Innovators Network (UKWIN) celebrated Women's History Month with an event featuring keynotes and a panel of inspiring and accomplished women.

Taunya Phillips, Director, UK Office of Technology Commercialization hosted the night's festivities with comments followed by opening remarks from Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D., Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Special Projects, the panel and closing remarks provided by Lisa Cassis, Ph.D., Vice President for Research.

The panel featuring Mandy Wilson Decker, Registered Patent Attorney, Stites & Harbison as moderator, and Monique Kuykendoll Quarterman, Executive Direcor for the Office Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and Phoebe A. Wood, Principal, CompaniesWood were panelists.

The panel's discussion was based on the book, Funded Female Founders: How to traverse the uneven playing field and secure funding to grow your business.

I-CORPS PROGRAM

A new program is working to strengthen research success and innovation at the University of Kentucky.

UK is part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mid-South Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub along with eight other institutions of higher education in the region. The hub launched in January of this year and is funded with $15 million for five years.

The UK I-Corps Program provides experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering. It expands programming offered to innovators through Launch Blue as a part of UK Innovate.



“Together, the hub aims to promote inclusive innovation and support research that can help economic growth in both our area of the country and on a national scale,” said Laura Halligan, executive director of Launch Blue and UK I-Corps team lead. “For us at UK, this means more support for impactful innovation at the university to push the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky forward.”

Thursday, May 23, 2023

12:00 - 1:00 pm ET

Zoom

Join us to learn about license and option agreements, why we require licensees to submit development and royalty reports, the types of information required for these reports and so much more!

Presenters:

• Eric Castlen, Senior Associate Director, Contracts
• Natalie Damron McCormick, Senior Contracts Coordinator
• Ali Bocook Yankey, Senior Contracts Coordinator

U.S. PATENTS ISSUED

MARCH 2023

11,596,912 Single stage clarifier and mixing assembly

Joshua Michael Werner

11,602,535 Compositions and methods for treating retinal degradation

Jayakrishna Ambati, Benjamin Fowler

LICENSES/OPTIONS EXECUTED

MARCH 2023

Commonwealth Medical Systems, Inc

Madhumathi Rao

Clay Larkin

Florence Lima

Enhanced Solution Services, LLC

Thomas L. Robl

Robert B. Jewell

Anne E. Oberlink

Tristana Duvallet

Lev Ring

Lance Cook

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Justin Todd Burus

Lee Park

Pamela Hull

George Washington University

Justin Todd Burus

Lee Park

Pamela Hull

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Nora Warshaswsky

THE 2023 NANO + ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SUMMIT HAS A CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN

This annual event brings together researchers and industry in advanced manufacturing.

Oral presentation abstracts are due May 26, 2023.