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USDA Research Yields New Inventions
Mosquito-resistant uniforms for U.S. military personnel and a bio-refinery that turned a city landfill into an “energy park” are two new developments resulting from investments in scientific research by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA Annual Report on Technology Transfer for FY 2015 includes new agriculture-related discoveries, inventions and processes made by USDA researchers, universities and small businesses with the potential for commercial application. Their work encompasses 222 new inventions, 94 patents awarded and 125 new patent applications filed in 2015.
One of the successful outcomes of the research resulted in the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s (FLC) 2015 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for its role in developing a system to control invasive brown tree snakes. Patents are being pursued for the system, which resulted from a cooperative agreement with a private engineering and design firm in Boulder, CO. The technology is adaptable and could have benefits for other invasive species management efforts.