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    US Patent and Trademark Office director visits C4C

    David Kappos, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office visited the Center for Commercialization on Friday to discuss the effects the America Invents Act will have on both the USPTO and C4C. Continue reading View More

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    Durand speaks on ‘Talea’ as part of entrepreneurial faculty series

    Music Professor Joel Francois Durand has listened to music in some of the finest concert halls in the world, so when it comes to listening to recorded music, he’s a pretty demanding consumer. In fact, it was his own discerning standards that drove Durand into becoming first an inventor, then an entrepreneur. He developed a high-end tonearm called the Talea, and created a startup, DurandView More

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    New C4C lecture series showcases UW faculty succeeding in commercialization

    The UW Center for Commercialization is launching a six-lecture series this fall about merging academic research with entrepreneurship, designed to inspire UW students and faculty to pursue commercialization. The 2011 Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows lecture series will run on selected Tuesdays from Sept. 13 to Nov. 29. The series will showcase UW faculty who have succeeded in translating their research into products and therapies, whoView More

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    C4C Hosting Brown Bag Sessions at the College of Engineering

    At C4C, we’re committed to helping get ideas out of the lab and into people’s lives. During the month of August, we’re bringing our team to the College of Engineering. Over the four brown bag sessions, our staff will share the C4C programs that can add value at each stage of commercialization. Make your reservations for all the sessions or just one, depending on yourView More

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    Business Plan Competition 2011 Final Round

    The University of Washington Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is hosting the final round of the annual Business Plan Competition this Thursday from 1:00-4:30 pm. Student teams will present investment pitches with the Jones Foundation $25,000 Grand Prize on the line! If you can’t be there, the Foster School of Business will be broadcasting a live feed at http://foster.washington.edu/bpclive so you can watch the presentationsView More

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    A New Dawn for Solar Energy Lecture & Webcast

    Meeting the demand for clean, low-cost energy in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way is one of the defining issues of our time. Solar power can be a big part of the solution; however, ensuring it is affordable and scalable requires significant scientific and engineering breakthroughs. You are invited to join Ana Mari Cauce, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and Matt O’Donnell,View More