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Pitt innovators are tackling some of the world’s most pressing problems. That spirit is at the heart of the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh), an annual pitch competition sponsored by the …
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A common pitfall for many who attempt to bring a new technology to market is to present it as a Swiss Army knife capable of several applications all at once. …
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The University of Pittsburgh has once again moved up the list of the top recipients of U.S. utility patents among worldwide universities in 2021, according to the National Academy of …
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The University of Pittsburgh is excited to be a partner in the newly awarded NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) Hub: Interior Northeast Region (IN I-Corps). The National Science Foundation (NSF) has …
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Pitt Innovators were issued 10 patents in August 2022. Featured patent: 11,406,736 “Vascular Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel” Extracellular matrix (ECM) bioscaffolds are tissue-specific biomaterials with inherent bioactivity and native structural features …
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Pitt Innovators were issued 10 patents in August 2022. Featured patent: 11,406,736 “Vascular Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel” Extracellular matrix (ECM) bioscaffolds are tissue-specific biomaterials with inherent bioactivity and native structural features …
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Experienced patent examiners from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) visited the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s brand new Big Idea Center for student innovation recently to give …
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Pitt innovators turned in another year of remarkable innovation as measured in both numbers and impact in Fiscal 2022. Following is a brief overview of the fiscal year for the …
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Pitt Innovators were issued 15 patents in June and July of 2022. Featured patent: 11,384,400 “Methods of Treating Cancers Containing Fusion Genes” Pitt innovators led by Jianhua Luo have discovered …
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The last time we checked in on Pitt startup Lumis Corp. it was still a one-man show and seeking its first customers. As we catch up with the company today …
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Leading up to the fireworks that boom and echo across the hills and valleys of Western Pennsylvania on the Fourth of July, a group of Pitt innovators were busy determining …
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Pitt innovators were issued 16 U.S. patents in May 2022. Piezoelectric materials have many technological applications, from actuators to sensors to energy harvesting. They are especially attractive for interconverting electrical …