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R&D Council Selects Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award Winners for 2011
Posted September 13, 2011
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Special Awards for Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Stockton College President Herman Saatkamp and Merck Inventors Dr. Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry
Newark, NJ -- Over 40 inventors and thirteen New Jersey companies, universities and the U.S. Army will be honored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey this year with the organization's coveted Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award. Avaya, BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Immunomedics, NJIT, Novartis, Rutgers, Siemens, UMDNJ, and U.S. Army ARDEC will all be recognized for innovative patent work spanning thirteen R&D categories, including: biomaterials, defense, environmental, industrial processes, information technology, manufacturing, materials technology, medical health, medical imaging, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical process, renewables, and telecommunications.
"The Council established the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award to ensure that the significant and diverse research and development work done by scientists and their respective New Jersey organizations receives the superstar recognition it deserves in this state," says Ian Shankland, (Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Honeywell Specialty Materials) and Chairman of the R & D Council of New Jersey.
Along with the patent awards, individual honors will be given to Dr. Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry, Merck researchers behind the development of Januvia, a major breakthrough in diabetes treatment; they will be the 2011 co-recipients of the Council's Science & Technology Medal. For his decades of continuing work to maintain science and technology as a national priority, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) will receive the 2011 Chairman's Award, which recognizes extraordinary commitment to R&D as the foundation of U.S. leadership in technological progress and innovation. Dr. Herman Saatkamp, President of The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, will be honored as the Council's 2011 Educator of the Year for shaping educational programs and outreach to bring together industry and communities and build on the strength of region's economy.
This year's award winners will be honored at the Council's 32nd Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award Ceremony & Reception on November 10, 2011 at the Liberty Science Center, home to the nation's largest IMAX Theater, where a short original film will pay tribute to the work of the honorees. Council President Anthony Cicatiello says, "Some of the most innovative R&D in the world is done right here in New Jersey. The Council is proud not only to celebrate our foremost scientists, but to bring their work to life on the big screen so every New Jerseyan can see the faces of those who are changing our world."
2011 THOMAS ALVA EDISON PATENT AWARD WINNING PATENTS AND INVENTORS
Avaya and individual inventor Stephen Milton will receive a patent award in the telecommunications category for "Method and Apparatus Extending Calls to Internal Switch Extensions Out to External Network Endpoints" (U.S. Patent 6,751,309).
BASF Corporation's "Catalyzed SCR Filter and Emission Treatment System" (U.S. Patent 7,902,107) invented by Joseph Patchett, Joseph Dettling and Elizabeth Przybylski, will receive a patent award in the environmental category. Joseph Patchett and Joseph Dettling were also 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award Winners.
Bristol-Myers Squibb and inventors Rajeev Bhide, Zhen-Wei Cai, Ligang Qian, Stephanie Barbosa, Louis Lombardo and Jeffrey Robl will be honored with a patent award in the pharmaceutical category for "Pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]Triazine Inhibitors of Kinases" (U.S. Patent 6,869,952).
Celgene and single inventor Robert Hariri will be honored in the biomaterials category for "Tissue Matrices Comprising Placental Stem Cells, and Methods Making the Same" (U.S. Patent 7,914,779)
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and inventors Kevin Furman, Gary Kocis, Michael McDonald, Chad Reiman, Jin-Hwa Song (who has since left the company), and Philip Warrick were selected for a patent award for "System for Optimizing Bulk Production Allocation, Transportation, and Blending" (U.S. Patent 7,797,205) in the industrial processes category.
Honeywell International Inc. and inventing duo Brian Gibson and Fred Durrenberger will be recognized in the materials technology category for "Extrudable PVC Compositions" (U.S. Patent 7,645,819).
Immunomedics and co-inventors Drs. William J. McBride and David M. Goldenberg will receive a patent award in the medical imaging category for "Methods and Compositions For Improved F-18 Labeling of Proteins, Peptides and Other Molecules" (U.S. Patent 7,597,876).
New Jersey Institute of Technology's "Thermoset Epoxy Polymers from Renewables Resources" (U.S. Patent 7,619,056) invented by Anthony East, Michael Jaffe, Yi Zhang and Luiz Catalani, will receive a patent award in the renewables category.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, along with inventors Wen-Chung Shieh and John Carlson, will be recognized in the pharmaceutical process category for "Method of Manufacture of (-)-Galanthamine in High Yield and Purity Substantially Free of Epigalanthamine" (U.S. Patent 5,428,159).
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will be recognized in the manufacturing category for "Technology for Continuous Folding Sheet Materials" (U.S. Patent 7,115,089), invented by Basily B. Basily, Elsayed A. Elsayed, and Daniel Kling.
Siemens Corporation and inventors Yefeng Zheng, Adrian Barbu, Bogdan Georgescu, Michael Scheuering, and Dorin Comaniciu will receive a patent award in the information technology category for "System and Method for Segmenting Chambers of a Heart in a Three Dimensional Image" (U.S. Patent 7,916,919).
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey will be recognized in the medical health category, along with inventors David Seifer and David MacLaughlin, for "Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Levels and Ovarian Response" (U.S. Patent 7,241,577).
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center and inventors Thomas Kiel, Allen Brokaw, Frank Petrosillo, Katrina Tubayan, Matthew Hummers, Ryan Hooke, and Kirk Deligiannis will receive a patent award in the defense category for "Blast Shield for Armored Vehicle" (U.S. Patent 7,942,092).
About the Research & Development Council of New Jersey
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating an environment that supports the advancement of research and development throughout New Jersey. The Council is composed of senior representatives from industry, academia and government. Many R&D Council members represent today's Fortune 500 companies. More information on the Council and the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards can be found at: www.rdnj.org.
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