Intellectual Property Disclosure Incentive Program
News
James Madison University is 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 |
University Recreation |
Boxing Wrap Auto Roller |
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Cara Meixner |
Center for |
Course Redesign |
|
Cindi Smead |
Sponsored Programs |
Budgetary Management for Grants |
|
Greg Werner |
Athletics |
Bar Disinfectant Cleaning Device |
|
Michael Hall |
Psychology |
Band-Pass Filter Designs for |
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
- 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:
- JMU Technology Innovation
- ICE@JMU – Innovation-Collaboration-Entrepreneurship with prototyping equipment funded by 4-VA in the Ice House
If you have any questions, please contact Mary Lou Bourne at bourneml@jmu.edu or 568-2865.
