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MIT and USPTO Webinar: Expanding American Innovation

Panel discussion with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and USPTO Director to discuss the university-government relationship in the innovation economy.

The USPTO and MIT host Expanding American Innovation—an open forum discussion with Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and USPTO Director, and a panel of MIT entrepreneurs in various stages of startup development.

Sangeeta Bhatia, John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Engineering; Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies at the Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies will moderate and current panelists include: Shriya Srinivasan, 2020 Lemelson-MIT Graduate Student Prize Winner and Newsha Ghaeli, President and Cofounder of Biobot Analytics, and Elise Strobach, CEO & Co-founder, AeroShield Materials Inc.

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Topics the panel will cover include:

  • How the NCEAI is creating a more inclusive invention/innovation ecosystem
  • MIT’s position in supporting the innovation ecosystem—on campus and beyond
  • The importance of university innovation and its impact on US patents and competitiveness

The virtual event, cosponsored by MIT Innovation Initiative, MIT Technology Licensing Office, and Lemelson-MIT, is free and open to all. Registration is available through Eventbrite at: https://mitii.news/USPTO.

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