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Morriss O’Bryant Compagni obtains patent for TOROIDAL ION TRAP MASS ANALYZER WITH CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODES

Morriss O’Bryant Compagni obtains patent for Brigham Young University

Patent No.:   8,642,955

Title:  TOROIDAL ION TRAP MASS ANALYZER WITH CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODES

Issue Date:     February 4, 2014

Inventors:    Daniel E. Austin and Nicholas R. Taylor

Assignee:    Brigham Young University

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Morriss O’Bryant Compagni obtains patent for SLURRY PUMP HAVING IMPELLER FLOW ELEMENTS AND A FLOW DIRECTING DEVICE

Morriss O’Bryant Compagni obtains patent for Weir Minerals Australia Ltd.

Patent No.:   8,622,706

Title:  SLURRY PUMP HAVING IMPELLER FLOW ELEMENTS AND A FLOW DIRECTING DEVICE

Issue Date:     January 7, 2014

Inventors:    Kevin Edward Burgess and Garth Norman Cantrill

Assignee:    Weir Minerals Australia, Ltd.

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How the Bayh-Dole Act Changed Patent Ownership

For inventors, the ownership of an idea or a product is really important.  Consequently, people apply for patents and seek acknowledgement of the work they are doing.  For those who are able to invent and create due to the funding of outside sources, the ownership of a patent can sometimes be a topic for debate.

In the history of patents, one of the heavily debated issues related to those who invent things due to government funding.  For a long time, the law ruled that anyone who created an invention with federal funding (no matter where they worked) had to assign ownership of the patent to the federal government.  By the 1970’s, the government held more than 28,000 patents, though only about 5% were licensed commercially.

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Morriss O’Bryant Compagni obtains patent for MULTITOUCH INPUT TO TOUCHPAD DERIVED FROM POSITIVE SLOPE DETECTION DATA

Morriss O’Bryant Compagni obtains patent for Cirque Corporation

Patent No.:   8,614,681

Title:  MULTITOUCH INPUT TO TOUCHPAD DERIVED FROM POSITIVE SLOPE DETECTION DATA

Issue Date:     December 24, 2013

Inventors:    Jared C. Hill and Richard D. Woolley

Assignee:    Cirque Corporation

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