UMaine Highlights - Technology Transfer and Commercialization
UMaine continues its technology transfer and commercialization program. The University’s total patent portfolio now contains more than 80 U.S. patents, U.S. pate applications, and international patents.
In FY09 UMaine filed 23 new patent applications. Three new U.S. patents were issued and two were published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
U.S. Patent Applications Issued in FY09
- U.S. 7,403,867 Spectroscopy Instrument Using Broadband Modulation and Statistical Estimation Techniques to Account for Component Artifacts
- U.S. 7,416,368 Sheet Piling Panels with Elongated Voids
- U.S. 7,547,470 Multifunctional Reinforcement System for Wood Composite Panels
U.S. Patent Applications published by USPTO during FY09
- Monolithic Spiral Coil Acoustic Transduction Sensor (application #20080156098)
- Recovery of Acetic Acid from Wood Extracts (application #2009059228)
New U.S. Patent Applications filed by UMaine during FY09
- Marine Aquaculture System
- Worm Reactor
- Blast Resistant ISO Container II
- Composite Construction Members and Method of Making
- Fire Resistant Paint
- Coated Wood Products for Ballistic Resistance
- Netforms Prefabricated Sectional Roofing System
- Thermoplastic Composites Containing Lignocellulosic Materials – CIP
- Composite Construction Members and Method of Making
- Composite Reinforced Oriented Strand Board
- Nanoscale Imaging of Molecular Positions and Anisotropies
- Container Security System with Conductive Grids & Bypass Resistors
- A Novel Method for Determining Constitutive Relationships in Compressible Cakes
- Combinatorial Cell Microenvironment Generator
- Riveted Composite Panelized System For Air Cargo Containers
- A Novel Membrane Electrode Assembly for Fuel Cells Having a Nanocomposite Catalyst Layer
- Slip Method for Prestressing Beams with Bonded Tendons
