Patents for Humanity
Patents for Humanity is an awards program run by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.[1][2][3][4]
The Obama administration started the initiative in February 2012 to encourage new innovations to solve global development challenges.[5]
2015 winners
- Medicine
- Sanofi - for supplying anti-malarial compounds on an at-cost basis to developing countries.
- Novartis AG for innovation in treatments for drug-resistant tuberculosis, donated to the TB Alliance
- Sanitation
- American Standard Brands - for SaTo, a safe toilet
- Nutrition
- Golden rice - a strain of rice high in beta-carotene to reduce Vitamin A deficiency.
- Nutriset - manufacturer of Plumpy'nut, a peanut-based paste to treat malnutrition.
- Energy
- SunPower Energy - rents out solar powered lamps to replace inefficient and expensive fuel burners
- Living Standards
- GRIT - Global Research Innovation & Technology - for the Leveraged Freedom Chair, an all-terrain wheelchair.
2013 winners
- Medicine[6]
- Gilead Sciences for making HIV drugs available in developing countries and using generics manufacturers in Asia and Africa.
- University of California, Berkeley for developing and licensing lower-cost methods of producing anti-malarial compounds
- SIGN Fracture Care International - for distributing low-cost fracture implants
- Becton Dickinson for developing a TB diagnosis system and placing 300 machines in developing countries.
- Nutrition
- DuPoint Pioneer - for improving strains of sorghum for use in sub-Saharan Africa
- Intermark Partners Strategic Management LLP - for extracting protein and vitamins from waste rice bran
- Procter & Gamble - for distributing water purification packets
- Nokero - for developing solar powered light bulbs and phone chargers
- Information Technology
- Sproxil - for developing a system to identify counterfeit drugs with SMS
- Microsoft for providing machine learning tools to analyse heath data
Honorable Mentions
- Medical
- Novartis AG for an anti-malaria drug
- Anacor Pharmmaceuticals for researching a drug to fight sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)
- GE Healthcare
- Northwestern University
- Enterpriseworks - Relief International UK for creating an affordable rainwater collection and storage tank
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab for commercializing a low-cost water treatment plant
References
- ↑ "Patents for Humanity Awards 2015". United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- ↑ "Patents for Humanity Awards Ceremony at the White House". IP Watchdog Blog. 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Patents for humanity: Special edition of Technology and Innovation". phys.org. 30 Oct 2014.
- ↑ "Patents for Humanity Winners Awarded at the White House". commerce.gov. 26 Apr 2015.
- ↑ "USPTO Renews Patents for Humanity Program". IP Watchdog Blog. 11 Apr 2014.
- ↑ "2013 Award Recipients". USPTO.
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