Fill in the Blanks: ILC Research Reports Give Innovators an Edge

By Meredith Wallen

As of April 2021, faculty and students in the Innovation Law Center (ILC) are finalizing client presentations for the spring semester. Given current coronavirus pandemic restrictions, clients once again will meet virtually with research teams for presentations that will summarize the intellectual property, regulatory, and market landscape findings relevant to the respective technologies.

Spring 2021 ILC clients are developing innovations in green building systems, medical technology, biometrics, streaming media, and infrastructure logistics:

MicroEra Power

This Rochester, NY, team is exploring commercialization options for its inventive solutions for retrofitting existing HVAC systems in commercial buildings to make them more cost effective and energy efficient. ILC research seeks to identify other HVAC improvements in patent and public literature to help assess the improvements that are most likely to obtain patent protection.

In addition, the research facilitates awareness of existing new technology in the market insuring MicroEra does not inadvertently subject itself to liability for infringing on other patents. By understanding what investors and potential licensees might identify in similar searches, ILC clients such as MicroEra increase the likelihood of choosing the best commercialization pathway for new technology.

Organic Robotics

Developed in Ithaca, NY, from Cornell University technology, this platform technology invention utilizes networks of sensors to read body movements. ILC research is helping to explore one of the technology’s applications that will be of interest to big league sports teams. Organic Robotics has developed variations of its technology for a number of applications, and ILC research also will help differentiate where the best opportunities are in light of existing technology developments in their innovation space.

NSION Technologies

NSC3 is a media broadcasting and management solution to provide situational awareness during events and disasters. The NSC3 platform provides integrated media streaming from multiple sources to multiple devices in real-time while optimizing video speeds and allowing live data transfer using secure connections and data encryption.

This technology originated in Finland, and it is being introduced to the US market through a startup located in New York State. ILC research will provide NSION with an analysis of the potential for patentability and infringement based on other developments in the space. Market research is also being conducted to assess industries beyond public safety that the NSC3 technology could be marketed in.

Skip-Line

Skip-Line provides real time information on fleet location, material usage, and application performance for contractors completing road work. This technology is meant to create and utilize navigation trajectories, also known as drive vectors. ILC research provides an analysis of competing intellectual property and its potential effect on patent protection and infringement on other technologies, as well as market information on automotive-related industries and regulatory and liability information. Additionally, regulatory analysis is identifying relevant state and federal level regulations and liability issues.

Optimed

Commercializing University of Buffalo technology, Optimed is working to promote the clinical transaction of fundamental lab research into human clinical treatments to reduce pain and suffering, enhance quality of life, and improve oral health. Specifically, ILC faculty and students have been working on identifying prior art relevant to the assessment of patentability of 3D-printing dentures, as well as performing regulatory and market research.

Triton Bio

Triton Bio creates devices that isolate microbes from biological samples, and it is looking into entering the point of care diagnostics market. ILC research includes the identification of  patents within the clinical diagnostics setting that are considered point-of-care devices and that currently isolate bacteria for diagnostics. In addition, a market analysis on all relevant diagnostics competitors within the current market is being performed.

The research and analysis outlined for the spring 2021 clients is typical of the sort of assistance provided by ILC during the summer and fall sessions. Summer research requests currently are lining up, so now is the time to get in touch if you are interested in increasing your chances of success with an ILC research report.

 

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