September 21, 2009
RIT Trades Invention Rights for Research Dollars and Says You Should, Too
A. Sue Weisler, RIT University News
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is backing research at Rochester Institute of Technology to develop machines that analyze blood. In a twist on conventional tech-transfer contracts, the company will own the invention that results.
The Rochester Institute of Technology was not the likeliest of institutions to lead a revolution in the way universities think about partnerships with companies.
Luckily, nobody told that to Bill Destler.
Two years ago, as RIT's new president, Mr. Destler began to champion a new approach to the sometimes-stormy negotiations surrounding corporate-research relationships, believing the dissonance was nothing less than a threat to America's economic competitiveness.
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