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Can Crowdsourcing Bring Unused Patents Back from the Dead?

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Can Crowdsourcing Bring Unused Patents Back from the Dead?
Description Cofounded by three PhD students in the U.K., Marblar is a platform that aims to help universities commercialize new inventions and resurrect dusty old patents. The company is working with about half a dozen U.K. research institutions, such as the Medical Research Council and Imperial College London, to seed its website with discoveries.These range from a novel form of foam to a new kind of oxygen sensor to a probe that can drill into hard surfaces in new ways.

"There's a massive pile of unused innovation that just isn't going anywhere," says CEO Daniel Perez.

SOURCE LINK to full article:http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429171/can-crowdsourcing-bring-unused-patents-back-from/

Tags: Crowdsourcing, inventions, Marblar, Solving Science, startup
Sebastian Blanca Posted by Sebastian Blanca
Sep 13, 2012 05:01 am GMT Viewed 1629 times
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