Technology Transfer / Patents & Licensing
USF Technology Transfer Office News
USF Ranks Ninth Nationally Among Public Universities for U.S. Patents Awarded
USF ranks as a top 10 public university for the sixth year in a row.
July 12, 2016
USF Research News
USF Researchers Win International Technology Award
"My Reviewers" interdisciplinary project also receives two National Science Foundation grants
June 27, 2016
USF Research News
USF Architecture Grads Design Award-Winning Disaster Relief Shelter
AbleNook is a modular disaster relief dwelling that can be put together without tools in under two hours
June 28, 2016
WUSF
Agilis Biotherapeutics Announces Orphan Designation Approval in Europe
May 4, 2016
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USF modular dwelling technology wins Cade Museum Prize People's Choice Award
May 2, 2016
USF Research News
USF startup Moterum awarded funding from USF's Seed Capital Accelerator Program
April 1, 2016
USF Research News
USF-Developed Disaster Relief Technology in "Final Four" for $50,000 Cade Museum Prize
April 13, 2016
USF Research News
University of South Florida technologies in "Sweet 16" for $50,000 Cade Museum Prize
March 14, 2016
USF Research News
Phoinix Holding, LLC Names Jeffrey Kraws as CEO and Mike Sperduti as President
March 4, 2016
Yahoo News
USF Health research on neuroprotective protein shifts to drug discovery with £875,000 Dementia Consortium project
March 1, 2016
USF Health
Device that detects faux fish is catching on
February 27, 2016
TBO.com
USF Leads the State with Seven NSF Innovation Corps Team Awards
February 4, 2016
USF Research News
USF's NEWgenerator May Bring Hope (and Clean Water) to Developing Countries
December 22, 2015
WUSF News
Top research taking place in Tampa leads to national recognition for innovation, patents
December 15, 2015
83 Degrees
University of South Florida researchers develop pure form of EGCg from green tea using crystal engineering
December 9, 2015
USF Research News
USF researchers create device that saves water and creates energy from waste
November 2, 2015
FOX 35 News
Researchers at USF develop novel technology to naturally purify water using cactus mucilage
October 15, 2015
USR Research News
USF-engineered 'New Generator' wastewater filter heading to India
October 6, 2015
ABC Action News
Agilis Biotherapeutics and the University of South Florida Enter into Worldwide, Exclusive License Agreement for the Treatment of Cognitive Disorders Using Reelin-Based Therapies
September 17, 2015
Business Wire
Florida: Where climate is right for American inventors
August 24, 2015
TBO.com
From surgery to eye care, 5 USF technologies to watch
July 23, 2015
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Editorial: A USF achievement deserving of prime-time attention
July 17, 2015
TBO.com
USF nationally recognized for innovation, economic prosperity
July 14, 2015
83 Degrees
Florida High Tech Corridor universities rival other research hubs in patents
July 8, 2015
Orlando Business Journal
USF Tops ivy leagues for patent generation
June 26, 2015
Tampa Bay Business Journal
University of South Florida earns national designation as an "Innovation & Economic Prosperity University"
June 24, 2015
USF Research News
USF is a patent machine - now 10th in the country among universities
June 23, 2015
TBO.com
USF cancer research company gets state funds to bring Tumor-on-a-Dish to market
June 18, 2015
Tampa Bay Business Journal
USF cancer therapy vaccine acquired by Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc.
June 9, 2015
Nasdaq Global Newswire
Prestigious National Designation for USF Aims to Turn Research into Commercial Products, Help Launch Start-ups
May 20, 2015
USF Research News
Getting what you paid for? Channel 2 investigates mislabeled fish
April 27, 2015
WSB-TV/Channel 2
6 Startups You Need to Know From One Spark 2015
April 17, 2015
Popular Mechanics
USF technology tests Grouper
April 3, 2015
WFLA
USF researchers using grape seed extract to cure heart disease
April 3, 2015
Bay News 9
USF Researchers Discover Organic Compounds to Improve Heart Health and Small Vessel Disease
March 25, 2015
USF Research News
Local entrepreneurs to be showcased at international festival
March 23, 2015
Bay News 9
USF Scientists develop fish fraud detector that could save seafood industry billions
February 4, 2015
ABC Action News
USF technology, Thermal Integrity Profiler, featured in National Driller
February 2, 2015
National Driller
Two USF startup companies in "Final Four" of Business Pitch Competition
January 14, 2015
USF Research News
5 intriguing USF inventions patented in the past year
December 26, 2014
Tampa Bay Business Journal
University of South Florida leads state with five NSF I-Corps Team awards
November 19, 2014
USF Research News
USF professor's dance chair gaining national acclaim
November 18, 2014
Bay News 9
USF technology with potential to transform cancer treatment licensed by TransGenex Nanobiotech
November 7, 2014
USF Research News
USF licensed technologies selected for national Innovation Festival
October 31, 2014
USF Research News
IntraMedical Imaging signs exclusive license with University of South Florida for new breast cancer treatment
October 29, 2014
USF Research News
USF team selected as finalist in the $2.25 million Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE
October 22, 2014
USF Research News
Biomorphic Robots featured on WEDU's Quest Segment
October 16, 2014
WEDU
Four USF professors receive Excellence in Innovation Award
October 14, 2014
USF Research News
USF professor creating new type of robot
August 31, 2014
Bay News 9
Resourceful dwelling on display at State of the Arts Gallery
August 29, 2014
YourObserver.com
Biotech Firm Works To Bypass Bacterial Resistance Problem
July 25, 2014
Town-Crier Online 9
USF professor says nanotechnology holds key to curing cancer
July 24, 2014
Tampa Bay Times
Merry Lynn Morris' Rolling Dance Chair one of 25 Brilliant, Quirky and Uplifting Things featured in Reader's Digest
June 17, 2014
Readers Digest
University of South Florida ranks 12th among universities worldwide for U.S. patents
June 11, 2014
Readers Digest
USF medical professors invent low-cost device to make hysterectomies safer
June 7, 2014
Tampa Bay Times
Spotlight on University of South Florida Women's Health Technologies
May 19, 2014
USF Research News
USF technology that turns waste into energy wins $50,000 Cade Museum Prize
May 9, 2014
USF Research News
Two University of South Florida technologies in "Final Four" for $50,000 Cade Museum Prize
May 7, 2014
USF Research News
KeriCure, Inc. Launches New Line of Animal Wound Care Products
April 30, 2014
USF Research News
Superheroes help students get ready for science FCAT
April 14, 2014
TBO.com
Nutritional supplement improves cognitive performance in older adults, study finds
April 8, 2014
Bay News 9
USF's Rolling Dance Chair technology receives AUTM's "Put a Face On It" Award
March 31, 2014
USF Research News
Natura Therapeutics' Line of Products Available Nationwide at Kroger Supermarkets
March 25, 2014
USF Research News
Scientific League launches Kickstarter campaign to help fund Superhero Training Network video series
March 4, 2014
USF Research News
University of South Florida Young Innovator Competition Winner featured on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
February 21, 2014
USF Research News
Nutritional supplement improves cognitive performance in older adults, study finds
February 10, 2014
USF Health
USF's Dr. Lennox Hoyte Inspires Next Generation
February 4, 2014
Fox 13.com
Rolling Dance Chair Helping the Disabled Dance
January 14, 2014
cisionpoint.com
USF invention helps close wounds big and small
December 25, 2013
WTSP 10 News
Invention hotbed USF among world's top patent holders
December 21, 2013
TBO.com
National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association Release List of Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Patents
December 18, 2013
USF Research News
USF technology wins C. William Bermingham Innovation Award, NOVA Award
December 2, 2013
USF Research News
USF Startup named finalist for the 2013 Southeast Region Finals of the Cleantech Open
November 20, 2013
USF Research News
Former USF inventor hoping skateboard can carry him to success
November 14, 2013
Bay News 9
USF startup Natura Therapeutics' product shown to improve decision making skills in older adults
November 7, 2013
USF Research News
USF Offers Seed Capital To Companies In Technology Incubator
November 5, 2013
83 Degrees
USF Startup Briefskate and Seed Capital Accelerator Program featured on WUSF
November 5, 2013
WUSF
USF startup KeriCure, Inc. featured in Florida's Business Observer
November 4, 2013
Business Observer
A chair that helps the disabled dance
October 28, 2013
MSNBC
Patents: Universities profit from products
October 24, 2013
Nature
New program will provide seed capital to USF start-up companies
October 23, 2013
USF Research News
New pilot program at USF could bring more inventors
October 22, 2013
Bay News 9
USF Robot Gripper technology selected for Innovation Corps Team Program
October 16, 2013
USF Research News
University of South Florida launches ground-breaking Revenue Incentive Program for inventors
October 8, 2013
Yahoo News
USF Inventor Merry Lynn Morris featured on Katie Couric Show
September 27, 2013
KatieCouric.com
From the mind of a dancer comes a new kind of wheelchair
September 26, 2013
Tampa Bay Times
AbleNook designers offer alternative to disaster-relief tents and trailers
September 19, 2013
The Daily Beast
Florida's I-4 corridor is a high tech hotbed
September 10, 2013
Florida Trend
Tampa Bay: High Tech Hotbed
September 10, 2013
Florida Trend
USF's Tampa Bay Technology Incubator and Natura Therapeutics featured on national news show
August 28, 2013
First Business News
Local Chemist Develops New Product for Wound Care
August 20, 2013
ABC Action News
Amid startup fever, four young businesses keep scrapping for growth
August 12, 2013
Tampa Bay Times
KeriCure, Inc. receives large distribution order from Publix Supermarkets
July 11, 2013
USF Research News
Dr. Kerriann Greenhalgh 1 of 10 Tampa Bay business people to watch in 2013
July 6, 2013
Tampa Bay Times
Tampa Bay medical device startup signs deal with Kroger
July 3, 2013
USF Connect News
USF startup selected for NCIIA's E-Team Program
June 25, 2013
USF Research News
KeriCure wound care developed at USF to launch nationwide
June 7, 2013
WFLA Channel 8
KeriCure's Skin Protectant Product Line Debuts at Sweetbay
June 7, 2013
USF Research News
Targacept Announces Initiation of Phase 2b Study of TC-5214 in Overactive Bladder
May 29, 2013
MarketWatch
New wheelchair prototype built by Vertec
May 14, 2013
WEAR ABC 3
Florida universities play matchmaker for tech startups
May 2, 2013
Bradenton Herald
USF tries to prove trash to cash isn't science fiction
April 30, 2013
Chevrolet.com
USF's AbleNook Named Life-Changing Invention
April 15, 2013
WFLA Channel 8
USF well positioned to lead research drive
April 4, 2013
Tampa Bay Times
USF Alumnus Selected as a Finalist in the 2013 StartupBus Competition
March 19, 2013
USF Research News
USF researcher's technology selected to present at prestigious University Research and Entrepreneurship Symposium
March 19, 2013
USF Research News
Modelithics, Inc. Partners with Piconics To Develop Broadband Models Of Conical Inductors
March 13, 2013
RF Globalnet
USF licensed technologies selected for national Innovation Expo
March 7, 2013
USF DPL News
Saneron and USF Patent Method for Umbilical Cord Blood Cell Use
March 6, 2013
Newswise
USF's "The Cool" Exhibit Showcases the Architectural Art of Mark Weston
February 25, 2013
USF DPL News
USF Start-Ups Trash2Cash, LLC and Looshes Labs, LLC Selected as Finalists for Innovation of the Year
February 14, 2013
USF DPL News
Bioplex's SE300 Featured in Better World Report
January 30, 2013
Better World Report
USF's AbleNook Pitches Portable Housing Concept
January 27, 2013
Tampa Bay Times
Assemble Your Tiny Home Faster than IKEA Furniture with AbleNook
January 14, 2013
Jetson Green
MiMedx Issued First US Patent for Placental Tissue Grafts
December 6, 2012
Pharmiweb.com
USF Professor Craig Lusk Designs Shape Shifter
November 21, 2012
USF News
Modelithics Partners with KEMET to Provide RF and Microwave Engineers Global™ Capacitor Models
October 25, 2012
PR Newswire
USF start-up wins grand prize in Department of Energy competition
October 22, 2012
USF Research News
USF President Genshaft showcases the patented "skatecase" during an innovation conference at the U.S. Department of Commerce
October 3, 2012
USF News
Insero Health Receives Funding to Commercialize University of South Florida - Licensed Technology
September 27, 2012
The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research
Florida Trend's Business Florida 2013 Opportunity Guide
September 20, 2012
Florida Trend
OncoSec Secures License for Electroporation Intellectual Property from University of South Florida
September 11, 2012
PR Newswire
Targacept Announces Plans to Develop TC-5214 in Overactive Bladder
September 5, 2012
PharmaLive
Part of 'Curiosity' rover on Mars hails from Tampa Bay / USF
August 9, 2012
Tampa Bay Times
USF Study Shows Promising Treatment For PTSD
August 7, 2012
83 Degrees
Tweeting drone tells tales of the sea
August 2, 2012
FOX 13
Accelerated Resolution Therapy shows dramatic reductions in PTSD symptoms
July 26, 2012
USF Health
USF Among Leaders in Patents -- Ranked in the Elite List Two Years in a Row
June 21, 2012
USF News
USF's Scientific Superheroes Unleash Video Series to Students
June 14, 2012
USF News
Skateboard and Backpack, All in One
June 11, 2012
Fox 13
Saneron and South Texas Blood & Tissue Center to Collaborate
June 11, 2012
newswise
USF Researchers Find Desert Cactus has Secret Talent for Purifying Water
June 10, 2012
Hearald-Tribune
IRX Therapeutics raises $1.5M, eyes strategic partners
June 5, 2012
MedCity News
The Scientific League of Superheroes Teach Lutz Fifth Graders
June 1, 2012
Tampa Bay Times
Inventors USF Transportation Researchers Patent New Technologies to Turn Cell Phones into Storm and Emergency Aids
June 1, 2012
USF News
Dr. Yu Sun Using Video Game Technology to Help Surgeons
May 21, 2012
Bay News 9
BioAcousTech Win Third Annual Cade Museum Prize
May 11, 2012
Gainesville Sun
Inventors get Lessons, Reality Checks at the Florida Regional Independent Inventors Conference
April 28, 2012
Tampa Bay Times
KeriCure among presenters at Florida Venture Forum
April 25, 2012
Tampa Bay Business Journal
USF's eCath One of the "Final Four" for the $50,000 3rd Annual Cade Museum Prize
April 24, 2012
The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention
LesionLoc Corp.'s Gamma Probe featured on WABC News
April 18, 2012
WABC-TV
USF Researcher Dr. Craig Lusk Reworks Body Armor For Better Protection
April 17, 2012
83 Degrees
First Lady Michelle Obama talks about USF's College of Nursing and references ART Therapy at a Joining Forces Nurse Event
April 11, 2012
eNews Park Forest
School Power: The Case for Keeping Innovation in the Hands of Universities
April 11, 2012
The Atlantic
USF Research Growth Rate: Among Top Universities
April 3, 2012
83 Degrees
AWR Signs Reseller Agreement with Modelithics
March 26, 2012
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
John Hadden II of IRX Therapeutics Named One of the 20 People Making Tampa Bay a Better Business Place
March 25, 2012
Tampa Bay Times
Modelithics Expands X-Parameter Services And Releases Significant Update To Modelithics COMPLETE Library For Agilent Genesys
March 13, 2012
RF Globalnet
Cryo-Cell's Affiliate, Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Releases Pre-clinical Data Indicating That Cord Blood Stem Cells Slow Progression of ALS
March 6, 2012
PR Web
PTSD therapy at USF gets boost from unlikely source
February 27, 2012
The Tampa Tribune
Health Care Reform Grants Move New Drugs Closer to Patients
February 24, 2012
Tampa Bay Business Journal
SEMDA Announces Medical Device Companies That Will Present at the 2012 Conference
February 24, 2012
Marketwire
Modelithics Signs SJ Technologie Ltd. For Representation in the United Kingdom
February 23, 2012
Wireless Design and Development
VDI and Modelithics Partner to Provide Ultra-Broad-Band Nonlinear Diode Models
February 22, 2012
Wireless Design and Development
KeriCure: Tampa Researcher Creates Liquid Bandage
February 21, 2012
83 Degrees
USF And Saneron Researchers Find Additional Benefits of Cord Blood Cells in Mice Modeling ALS
February 6, 2012
ScienceNewsline
USF patent would make cellphones an interactive crime-fighting tool
January 29, 2012
TBO.com
Sharpest Eye in the Recruitment Game Award goes to patent attorney Valerie McDevitt, the assistant vice president in Tampa at the University of South Florida's division of patents and licensing.
December 23, 2011
tampabay.com
USF Technology Transfer ranked in top 20 for Licensing Income Received in FY2010
December 5, 2011
MedCity News
Claro Scientific Selected as Region's Top Early Stage Investment
November 16, 2011
PR Bio Florida
Biotech company IRX Therapeutics relocating from New York to St. Petersburg
October 21, 2011
St. Pete Times
IRX Therapeutics comes home to Tampa Bay area
October 20, 2011
Tampa Bay Business Journal
MiMedx Group's Chairman, Parker H. "Pete" Petit, Is Inducted Into the National Academy of Engineering
October 20, 2011
PR Newswire
Faces of Technology: TempTroll's Jim Donovan
October 19, 2011
Florida High Tech Corridor Video
Targacept Begins Phase 2b Study Of AZD3480 In Alzheimer's Disease
October 10, 2011
RTT News
New Technology Sheds Light on Blood
October 4, 2011
Florida Trend
Targacept depression drug: high risk, high reward
October 3, 2011
Fox 43 News
ResearchOne: Skating Into Innovation
September 20, 2011
USF News
Former USF student invents skateboard you can pack for commute
September 15, 2011
ABC Action News
The Modelithics COMPLETE Library v8.0 For Agilent Technologies' ADS 2011
September 14, 2011
RF Globalnet
USF patents reflect students' innovation
August 9, 2011
TBO.com
Nationally Recognized Speakers at BioFlorida’s 14th Annual Conference to Focus on Advancing Biotechnology, Medical Devices and Diagnostics Industries
August 9, 2011
BusinessWire
MiMedx second quarter revenue increases 85% to $1,929,000
July 25, 2011
News Medical
USF gains international notice for record number of patents
July 22, 2011
The Tampa Tribune
USF among world leaders in U.S. patents
June 27, 2011
Bay News 9
USF among elite schools in number of patents
June 23, 2011
ABC Action News
New edition of Top American Research Universities ranks USF 27th in the nation
May 16, 2011
USF News
Claro Scientific shines a new light on blood analysis
March 25, 2011
Tampa Bay Business Journal
IRX Therapeutics Announces New Research Collaboration
March 2, 2011
EvoScience
MDI Partners ClearSpec Wins Florida SURCAG Grant to Bring Innovative Sheath to Market
Mach 1, 2011
MDI Partners Press Room
AstraZeneca and Targacept Initiate Phase 2b Clinical Trial of TC-5214 as a Switch Monotherapy Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder
February 7, 2011
European Pharmaceutical Review
Solar Power Plant Coming to USF
January 25, 2011
USF News
MiMedx gets QTDP grant for CollaFix drug delivery device
December 2, 2010
Pharmaceutical Business Review
USF and Saneron get $2.6 million to develop Alzheimer's treatment using umbilical cord blood cells
October 6, 2010
Florida Technology Journal
State gives money to develop USF inventions
October 1, 2010
TBO.com
Mobili T Rover
September 23, 2010
Discovery Channel
BP spill creates ‘homegrown’ opportunities
September 20, 2010
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Solar Windows See the Light
July 21, 2010
USF News