The Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2017 has been announced by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). Data obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is used to compile the report, which highlights the vital role patents play in university research and innovation.
Vanderbilt University has built a critical mass of nationally recognized researchers working at the crossroads of surgery and engineering. This group of researchers created the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE), leveraging their collective intellectual talent and technical innovation with the proximity of the Vanderbilt Engineering and Medical schools. They have created what is regarded as among the very best environments in the country for performing the research that is transforming surgery in the 21st century.
Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students with innovative ideas and entrepreneurial aspirations will have additional support during the 2013-14 academic year.
Collaboration is one of those words you hear daily in a professional setting. Collaboration allows us to bring in different perspectives, to see things from someone else's vantage point. Collaboration encourages the sharing and reforming of ideas so that the best outcome is reached.
Roughly 80-85 Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students convened at the Cool Springs Life Sciences Center to learn about the university’s policies, practices, and support services surrounding innovation and entrepreneurship.
“See a need, fill a need.” It’s the motto professed by Mel Brooks’ character Bigweld of the fictitious robotics powerhouse Bigweld Inudstry in the iconic animated film Robots.
