"Innovation, Competitiveness, and Health"
Friday, February 17, 2006 - 2:00 PM
Room 106, Woodward Hall

     As a follow up to President Bush’s State of the Union speech, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon Dudas spoke at UNC Charlotte on Friday, February 17, 2006, to recognize the innovations fostered and partnerships developed with the greater Charlotte community and the biotechnology community.

     Under Secretary Dudas spoke on the need to innovate to make health care more transparent, more accessible and more effective. He also focused on UNC Charlotte’s integration of information technology with biology in the Charlotte Research Institute’s bioinformatics program.

     "UNC Charlotte has one of the most active and robust Technology Transfer offices in the country which has aided in 25 startup companies in the past decade. In that same period, UNCC received 51 patents, and helped transfer 65 technologies to industry, as well as create 80 new jobs. UNC Charlotte’s commitment to innovation and collaboration with the private sector is exemplary," states David T. Sanders, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce.

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 Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

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