You’ve got to eat, so why not log in and learn as you munch? Our speakers Kemal Oflus and Brian Washington (JMP) will walk us through modern Design of Experiment techniques that can explore multiple variables with a minimal number of tests.  Brian will be demonstrating the JMP platform to show how DOE techniques can make work formulation faster, and more efficient.

11:30am – 12:30am Eastern, Friday November 5th via Zoom.

Please register for tomorrow’s Lunch ‘n Learn on statistical experimental design, presented by: JMP a SAS Company. This Zoom meeting is part of the Georgia Local Section of the American Chemical Society event programming.

Lyco Works has been working with Slingshot Product Development Group in Lawrenceville GA recently. Here’s how we’ve been helping their clients develop an IP strategy to help patent protect the new products that Slingshot creates for them…

Please join me on June 20th for a live webinar on Broadening Patent Claims:  Lessons from Automotive and Consumer Goods.

11:00am EDT / 4:00pm BST, Wednesday June 20th

The webinar is free, however, registration is required.  You can register by clicking here.   Looking forward to it!

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• How similar are your chemical structures to those mentioned in your competitor’s patents?
• Who’s running clinical trials on compounds similar to you own?  What stage are they at?
• Which visually similar chemical compounds are discussed in the patent literature?  Which are not?

With an expanded license to powerful software, we are able to answer these questions for you.  We synthesize these data into a customized dashboard, and add business impact for your specific concerns and needs. Read the rest of this entry »

How well are you keeping up with new IP publications pertinent to your business?

Thousands of patent applications and issued patents publish around the world on a weekly basis.  Of the almost 120,000 patents and applications published weekly in 2017:

• • Which ones may have had financial impact to your business? 
  • Which ones threaten your short and long term competitiveness? 
  • Which ones offer opportunities for future expansion and growth?

Lyco Works now provides a monthly digest, highlighting publications of interest and impact to your business.

A new service offering for 2018.   Read the rest of this entry »

Technology for License or Sale

Dr. Cynthia Boxrud formulated a pharmaceutical active into a cream and used it in her plastic surgery practice. She found that it significantly reduced the dark discoloration and swelling under the eyes.

Four products were developed, and sold on the QVC Shopping Channel. The product was successful in the marketplace, however, Dr. Boxrud made the decision to return to her surgical practice full time, and eventually decided to sell the technology.

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Learn how successful entrepreneurs transform an idea into a successful product or service.

Lyco Works, in collaboration with Say Consulting LLC, is proud to announce our 1 day symposium workshop: “The Chemical Entrepreneur :  From Concept to Commercialization.”  With guests invited from industry and academia, Terry Say and I will speak at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), in Charlotte NC on November 9th.  Don’t forget to pre-register for the symposium when you register for the SERMACS conference so that we can provide your lunch.  Read the rest of this entry »

In one way or another, very few of us are left untouched by this disease.  As many of you know, it’s been almost a year  since I lost my Dad to cancer (along with several friends, I might add) so I was interested to read in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN Vol. 95 No. 11 July 3rd, 2017) that a new drug has been approved that treats cancers in any tissue –provided that the patient has a specific genetic profile.  The FDA approval of Keytruda® (Merck & Co.)  illuminates a paradigm shift in the approach to cancer research.  Read the rest of this entry »