Silicon carbide (SiC) power devices can be used to more efficiently regulate power in technologies that use electronics

In today’s uncertain climate, greater secrecy is beginning to preempt patenting as the intellectual property (IP) tool of choice among segments of the scientific community.

Apple products that benefited from the technology include processors found in recent iPhone models and several versions of the iPad

Ohio State plays key role in launch of I-Corps@Ohio.

It has been over 40 months since President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) into law in September 2011, climaxing years of feverish legislative wrangling. AIA was heralded as a game-changer, the dawning of an equitable intellectual property (IP) regimen that rewarded research scientists and innovators beset by ineffectual patent processes and procedures.

Likely the most successful company to result from university research innovation was Google. But, when such a startup comes out of a university, which party owns the intellectual property (IP) rights?

According to a recent article by Jeff John Roberts of Gigaom, a 1997 patent held by Boston University (BU) could actually be detrimental to public research.