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It has been a busy year for Addgene and the Tech Transfer community.
To help keep you updated, we've compiled an interview, Tech Transfer highlights, and more.
~The Addgene Team
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Community Spotlight: Interview with Peter Wells, Director of the Technology Transfer Office at The Jackson Laboratory
PETER WELLS is the Director of the Technology Transfer Office at The Jackson Laboratory ("Jackson"), an independent, non-profit research institution in the field of mammalian genetics and human health. Jackson manages over 7,000 unique mouse models donated by research institutions worldwide and distributes millions of mice to the research community each year.
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Jackson Lab on Mt Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
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Tech Transfer News: America Invents Act
Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) around the world have been preparing for the America Invents Act (AIA) since the act was signed in 2011. Now in effect, the much hailed "first-inventor-to-file" provisions of the AIA resulted in some day-to-day patent practice changes around the USA.
Though many TTO duties remain "business as usual", some procedural and substantive changes brought about by the AIA could mean changes to many TTOs.
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