UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 21, Page 13
February 23, 1995
Secor to evaluate commercial potential of UD technology

     Robert M. Secor has been named to a newly created position in the
University's Research Office to evaluate technology developed by
University faculty for potential commercialization. He will review new
inventions disclosed to the Research Office and reexamine properties
previously patented by the University.
     Patents and other intellectual property in the University's
portfolio correspond to the range of innovative activities by UD
researchers, including such varied technologies as solar power
generation, catalytic syntheses of commercial chemicals, poultry
vaccines, new analytical instrumentation and abatement processes for
environmental emissions.
     A number of University inventions have been commercialized, often
by means of a license to the company that sponsored the original
research. Under the University's policy on inventions, successful
licensing of its technology benefits the inventor, the inventor's
department and the University, with each receiving one-third of the
royalties.
     Secor, who holds a doctorate from Yale University in chemical
engineering, also teaches a course in the Department of Chemical
Engineering.
     Formerly, he was with the DuPont Co. and an adjunct faculty
member at Columbia University.