voice of the technology business community March 2008 Issue
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Corporate Profiles | Physical Sciences | Life Sciences | Summit News | Features Subscribe | Archive
Welcome to the TechConnect Newsletter! The TechConnect community provides a powerful solution for catalyzing commercialization, partnership and licensing of emerging technology. Each month, we will feature exciting technology and venture profiles, technology-focused corporate profiles, and leading news items from the global business technology community.
Corporate Profile:

Vincent Magnotta, Air Products & Chemicals
Air Products is a major gas, material, equipment and services supplier, having $10 billion in revenue in FY 2007 with operations in over 40 countries worldwide. [more]

Physical Sciences:

IP Snapshot: Hybrid substrates for low cost solid state lighting applications
Our zirconium diboride buffer layer allows the use of common silicon substrates allowing scalability and reducing LED costs by up to 10 times. [more]

Venture Profile: New Scale Technologies
New Scale awarded third U.S. patent for SQUIGGLE motor technology and applications [more]

Life Sciences:

IP Profile: Nucleotide Sequences Detection Process and Kit
Mr. Eraldo Batista of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil provided TechConnect with the following update on their IP. [more]

Venture Profile: SiMPore, Inc.
SiMPore's 15 nanometer thick ultrathin membrane enables precise and rapid separation of biological molecules and other nanomaterials. [more]

TechConnect Summit
TechConnect Summit News:

TechConnect Summit Reviewing Final Round of IP and Early Stage Venture Submissions; Program to be Posted Next Month
Taking Place June 3-5 in Boston, TechConnect Will Feature Dozens of Technology and Early Stage Company Presentations in the Nanotech, Clean Tech, and Life Sciences Sectors

TechConnect Participates at AUTM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
TechConnect was pleased to meet with dozens of universities and companies at last month’s AUTM Annual Meeting in California.

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