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Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Chapter

Recognizing Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV researchers who are inventors

The Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV chapter of the recognized members of the Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV community who have demonstrated truly innovative ideas or concepts that create new research paradigms and develop novel applications of their science or technology. A researcher's contribution reaches the benchmark of inventorship as recognized by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) because its discovery had no significant prior art, was not obvious to someone else skilled in the field, and had a specific use. In this case, the USPTO issues a "U.S. Patent" and officially designates the researcher as an "inventor."

Purpose of Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV chapter

• Recognize publicly a cadre of investigators who are also inventors
  
  
• Enhance visibility of university technology development, promote entrepreneurship and be advocates for Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV innovation in the Tampa Bay community
  
  
• Be a resource for the Tampa Bay community to facilitate greater industry research contracts and interactions with companies and organizations in order to increase economic impact
  
  
• Increase awareness of intellectual property at Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV by mentoring, fostering and encouraging other faculty, staff and students to develop their intellectual property and inventions
  
  
• Help shape society by being in a position to understand the translational use of inventions at Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV and elsewhere; and be a role model in such endeavors for students
  
  
• Develop relevant invention-based activities in collaboration with Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Technology Transfer

Chapter Executive Committee

Members at Large

• Norma Alcantar
• Robert Byrne
• Jianfeng Cai
• Dennis Killinger
• Cliff Merz
• Subhra Mohapatra
• George Nolas
• Niketa Patel
• Kyle Reed
• Stephen Saddow
• Hariom Yadav
• Daniel Yeh