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Inventor Spotlight: Lawrence Pfeffer and Duane Miller
Perseverance, passion, and partnership are three words to describe the work of Lawrence Pfeffer and Duane Miller, researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, who have spent the last decade and a half studying treatment options for glioblastoma, an aggressive, lethal form of brain cancer. We had gotten close to being funded, but (read more)
How much information needs to be included in a patent?
By Haley Rainwater, UTRF Legal Extern Patent law is a little odd in that it creates a monopoly for the patentee for a limited time, and monopolies are generally disfavored under the law. However, this limited monopoly is considered beneficial to the public because in exchange for the patent, the patentee must teach the public (read more)