Here’s our second hat tip to U of M faculty and their colleagues who were issued patents this quarter.

Congratulations to University of Minnesota faculty and their colleagues who were issued patents this quarter.

The road from research to commercialization can be a long one, and obtaining a patent on intellectual property is a key milestone along the way. Congrats to U of M faculty, students and colleagues who were issued patents this quarter.

Invented by Jian-Ping Wang, an electrical and computer engineering professor at the University of Minnesota, a new biomedical sensor technique could detect biologically active agents such as drugs, proteins and cells in the human body.

The University of Minnesota recently earned a patent on a radio for use in sensors, hearing aids and other applications, which require very little power. Read more and see a roundup of other patents from the past quarter.