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News
release prepared by: Tresa
Landis, 785-532-3917, tlandis@k-state.edu
Wednesday,
March 21, 2007
K-STATE
SPOTLIGHT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LUNCHEON SET FOR APRIL 13
MANHATTAN
-- The Kansas State University Research Foundation, the Kansas State
University Foundation, the K-State Alumni Association and the Manhattan
Area Chamber of Commerce are sponsors of an annual event to recognize
K-State inventors, patent holders and other creators of intellectual
property.
The
fourth annual Spotlight on Intellectual Property will be 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the K-State Alumni Center Ballroom.
Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. This year's event is in conjunction
with the first K-State Invention to Venture Workshop, an introduction
to technology entrepreneurship.
Keynote
speaker for the 2007 luncheon is Thomas V. Thornton, president and
chief executive officer of the Kansas Bioscience Authority. He will
discuss bioscience wealth creation in Kansas.
Thornton
was appointed in fall 2006. He previously was with the Illinois
Technology Development Alliance, which he helped create and for
which he served as the first president. He is recognized as a successful
early-stage venture capital investor and a leader in creating public/private
technology development initiatives.
Thornton
received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
with a dual major in political science and history. He was director
of policy in the office of U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert, former speaker
of the House of Representatives.
The
Kansas Bioscience Authority was created in 2004 when Gov. Kathleen
Sebelius signed into law the Kansas Economic Growth Act. The authority
is an independent entity of the state and is governed by a board
that includes local and national leaders in the areas of science,
technology and business. The authority is charged with investing
more than $580 million to achieve the key goals of the act, which
center around creating a world-class bioscience industry in Kansas
through fostering the growth of bioscience in the state, as well
as making Kansas a national leader in bioscience and a desirable
location for bioscience organizations to locate and grow.During
the Spotlight on Intellectual Property, K-State researchers who
were issued a U.S. Patent in 2006 will be honored:
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Kenneth J. Klabunde Olga Koper and Abbas Khaleel were issued a patent
for porous pellet adsorbents fabricated from nanocrystals.
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Frank Blecha and Jishu Shi were issued a patent for synthetic peptides
that inhibit leukocyte superoxide anion production and/or attract
leukocytes.
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Bing Shan, Chun Wang and Zenghu Chang were issued a patent for a
high peak-power kilohertz laser system employing single-stage multipass
amplification.
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Xiaoyan Tang worked with a consortium of four institutions and was
issued a patent for nucleic acids encoding pseudomonas hop proteins
and use thereof.
Tickets
for the luncheon are $15 for students and $20 for all others. To
make luncheon reservations call 785-532-5720 or email tech.transfer@k-state.edu
before the Wednesday, April 4, deadline.
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