Intellectual Property Disclosure Incentive Program
Office of Technology Innovation and Economic Development
SUMMARY: We are pleased to recognize the inventors eligible for the Intellectual Property Disclosure Incentive Program during the period ended June 30, 2014 and selected as winners of the $2,000 Incentive award from James Madison Innovations.
We are pleased to recognize the inventors eligible for the Intellectual Property Disclosure Incentive Program during the period ended June 30, 2014 and selected as winners of the $2,000 Incentive award from James Madison Innovations.
Congratulations to the following people in recognition of their innovations.
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Inventors |
Department |
Intellectual Property |
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Richard Orebaugh/Lorie Miller |
University Recreation |
Boxing Wrap Auto Roller |
|
Cara Meixner/Megan Rodgers |
Center for Faculty Innovation |
Course Redesign Assessment Instruments |
|
Cindi Smead |
Sponsored Programs |
Budgetary Management for Grants |
|
Greg Werner |
Athletics |
Bar Disinfectant Cleaning Device |
|
Michael Hall and Tom Wilcox |
Psychology and 4-VA |
Band-Pass Filter Designs for Acoustic Musical Instruments |
The following criteria were used to select eligible IP disclosures for the award recognition:
- Disclosed IP must have university IP rights per University Policy 1107 https://www.jmu.edu/JMUpolicy/1107.shtml
- IP must be protectable (either through patent or copyright or trademark)
- IP disclosed must demonstrate a market need or a compelling reason that others would find the invention/created work innovative, valuable, and/or useful.
If you have an innovation or business idea, check out these resources to help you:
- Technology Innovation – www.jmu.edu/innovation
- ICE@JMU – Innovation-Collaboration-Entrepreneurship with prototyping equipment funded by 4-VA in the Ice House www.jmu.edu/ice
- Madison Business Network
If you have any questions, please contact Mary Lou Bourne at bourneml@jmu.edu or 568-2865.
