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Technology Transfer Office
Montana State University
P.O. Box 172460
304 Montana Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717-2460

Tel: (406) 994-7868
Fax: (406) 994-4152


Director:
Rebecca Mahurin, PhD
> Research, Creativity, & Technology Transfer  > Technology Transfer
Patents Corner
Monthly columns, written for the MSU Discovery Newsletter, are kept here. Topics include "Are Life Forms Patentable?" and "Record Keeping for Inventions."

2001
Start-up Companies: Equipment Use and the Licensing of Technologies
Start-up Companies: Who Owns the Intellectual Property?

2000
Start-up Companies A Logical Byproduct of Faculty Research"
Consulting Policy Allows for Public, Private Outreach"
Technology Ownership
Student Rights in Intellectual Property

1999
Guidelines Exist for Private Use of University Equipment
Exclusive Release of Plant Varieties
Retaining Ownership of Distance Learning Materials

1998
No Research Exception in Patent Law
Conflict of Interest
Student Involvement in Patenting

1997
Co-Inventors: Who They Are, and Who They Aren't
Update on Plant Variety Protection Act
Protecting Plant Varieties

1996
Provisional Patents Can Buy Time
Biodiversity and Intellectual Property
Technology Transfer Office Services
Are Life Forms Patentable?
Is It An Invention?
Sponsored Research
Inventorship
Disclosures over the Internet

1995
Biological Materials Transfer Agreements
Grant Proposals May Bar Patents
Conflict of Interest
Who Owns Federal-Sponsored Research?
Confidential Disclosures
Record Keeping for Inventions
Disclosure as a Patent Bar

1994
What is Patentable?

Technical Resources for Montana Faculty and Businesses
MSU has a number of specialized centers, equipment and services that are available to off-campus users. Also includes information on the Advanced Technology Park.

Optical Technology Center
MSU TechLink Center
Montana Manufacturing Extension Center
Geographic Information and Analysis Center (GIAC)
Center for Biofilm Engineering
Center for Computational Biology

Facilities
BioScience Research Facility
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (NMR)
Image and Chemical Analysis Laboratory (ICAL)
Advanced Technology Park


Helpful Business and Technology Links
Federal agencies, laboratories and other useful technology links.
Environmental Technologies Program
Federal Government/Agencies/Laboratories
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
SBIR/STTR--Schedule for Solicitations and Federal Web Sites

 
U.S. Patent Search
A fully searchable bibliographic file containing all of the approximately 1.7 million U.S. patents issued since 1975.

Web Patent News
 Helpful information on inventions and patent protection by Robert M. Hunter, Registered Patent Agent.





 
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