20,000 patents yearly a goal for African-American inventors

WASHINGTON -- Increasing the 1,000 patents yearly gained by African-Americans should be one of the primary economic objectives to create jobs and bring economic development to distressed communities, intellectual property experts concluded during Innovation & Equity 2012.

US PTO chooses site for Elijah McCoy office in Detroit

WASHINGTON—The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has concluded a five-year lease agreement through the U.S.

Software wizard supports business inclusion policies

WASHINGTON -- The founder of the nation's largest black-owned software development firm told Innovation & Equity 2012 that initiatives which open the door for black-owned businesses must be continued and expanded if the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is to be realized.

McFadden and Ross sail with trigonometry

SAN FRANCISCO -- One hundred and seventy years after William Alexander Leidesdorff first sailed a ship into the San Francisco Bay, two ambitious U.S. Navy veterans are hard at work bringing a 1,000 ton vessel with an equally historic name into ports across the Pacific.

Clay's work sparked Silicon Valley's IPOs, VCs

PALO ALTO -- Roy Clay Sr. helped set the most significant wealth generator in American history in motion

Barner shapes intellectual property strategy

CHICAGO -- During two years as deputy undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property, Sharon Barner left an impressive record of accomplishments. 

Commissiongs advancing therapies for chronic maladies like Parkinson's

Amarantus BioSciences Inc. (OTCBB: AMBS) is a biotechnology company developing a first-in-class disease-modifying therapeutic protein that addresses an underlying form of cell death known as apoptosis.

Rockin' with Dr. Lisa White

SAN FRANCISCO-- It is basic human nature for toddlers to pick up rocks.  Adults usually tell them to stop.

Dr. Lisa White suggests young people should never stop rockin'.

Innovators poised to lead economic recovery with cutting edge jobs

WASHINGTON–Gerald Boyd Jr., CEO, and Gerald Boyd Sr., President, are nearing 500 employees in their decade-old Silver Spring firm, DB Consulting, because they are able to keep contracts like CLASS in session.

America Invents Act: "a brand new day"

CHICAGO -- Even experienced patent applicants should not underestimate the magnitude of the changes represented by the America Invents Act, a panel of intellectual property experts suggests.

Dr. Robinson rides a wave of recovery for America's oceans

WASHINGTON -- He hasn't been on television commercials and didn't ride into town on top of a flatbed, but Dr. Larry Robinson has been an unsung scientific hero for two of the greatest oceanographic disasters in history -- in just a year's time.

Morgan State alum runs Maryland's technology

ANNAPOLIS -- Tamara Jones-Short is a  Baltimore native with a passion for technology, youth and community development, workflow/process development, and business intelligence.

Sensory Acumen heals, thrills with smell

ORINDA, CA -- The last American soldiers left Iraq just before Christmas, but for many of the 1.5 million who served, the sights and sensations they experienced will endure for a lifetime.<

Lewis takes flight across the Rockies

DENVER -- Anyone who has followed Richard L. Lewis would not be surprised that his firm RTL-Networks has become one of the largest African-American federal vendors in Colorado.

Bouldin invests in next generation of technologists

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- When it comes to encouraging cutting edge education, Miranda Bouldin puts her money where her mouth is.

Create the supply chain with innovation, suggests business researcher

SANTA CLARA -- Dr. Daryl Williams, director of research and policy for the Kauffman Foundation, is part of a growing consensus that African-American businesses can break through the business glass ceiling into global competitiveness.

Stent technology saving thousands of lives

MIRAMAR, FL -- Thousands of heart disease patients are alive today because Eric Williams' mother insisted on high standards.

Powertek's Scott primes to keep nation safe, efficient

ROCKVILLE -- When it comes to efficient service delivery, national security and public safety, no job is too big for Powertek's Nancy Scott to tackle.

Spears raises capital

OAKLAND -- Keith M. Spears believes his specialized expertise can remove one of the largest barrriers to the growth of minority-owned mass market companies -- access to capital.

Right Direction takes off during 2011

BALTIMORE -- Right Direction Technology Solutions Inc. added three federal departments to its impressive client list during 2011, as it nears its fifth year of operation under founder Joey Hutchins.

Celebrated animator turns to new platforms

LOS ANGELES -- For decades, any superhero worth their salt has had their likeness penned by Leo Sullivan.  The animator's credits include Batman, Animaniacs, X-Men and most famously, the opening sequence of Soul Train.

Orelien pinpoints public health IT opportunities

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- The power of ten years of statistical acumen has positioned Dr. Jean Orelien as a leader in the mathematical research behind modern medicine.

Dr. Orelien founded SciMetrika, LLC in 2001. He has more than a decade of experience as a senior statistician and project manager on projects funded by agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services. He is an expert in the development of sophisticated statistical programs, the utilization of statistical methods to analyze epidemiological data, survey analysis, and the use of SUDAAN and SAS software.

BCA streamlines Texas inmate health care

AUSTIN, TX – Atlanta-based Business Computer Applications Inc. (BCA) has designed an electronic medical records (EMR) program that has saved Texas taxpayers nearly $1 billion dollars over the last 10 years.

Don't skip the hard subjects: Intellectual property expert Hampton

WASHINGTON -- When Phil Hampton was a student at MIT, "I had to have complete silence when I studied physics -- no music, no noise of any kind.  So I would go up in the tower and read the books all by myself."

Powerhouse panel gives patent scoop

WASHINGTON -- Put Sharon Barner, Phillip Hampton and Darrell Mottley, Esqs. on a conference call together and the wires are sizzling with detailed insights on the lifeblood of the modern global economy -- intellectual property.

Chlorofill files patent applications

SAN DIEGO -- ChloroFill became one of the first users of the America Invents Act by filing three patent applications Friday related to its renewable building materials.

New rate boosts prospects for AMS proton centers

San Francisco, CA -- AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (NYSE AMEX:AMS), a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, said that the recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of a 15% increase in the payment rate of proton therapy for hospital based centers beginning in 2012 strengthens the economic case for the proton centers now under development by the company.