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December 2006 Technology Transfer Opportunities

• Build-Up Technologies for Precision Fabrication of Ceramic / Composite Materials - The 3M Corporation, is seeking proposals for build-up technologies to be applied to precision fabrication of ceramic and composite materials.

• Concentrated Suspending Liquid Detergents - A major multinational consumer products company, is seeking technologies to create structured/suspending liquids in a concentrated surfactant environment.

• Development of a Shelf Stable Waffle - A Global Food Company, is seeking development partners and technologies to maintain the texture, moistness, and flavor of a frozen waffle, without freezing.

• Forming and Perforating/Drilling Expertise for Perforated Moulds - A European Company, is seeking proposals for market-ready or almost market-ready solutions and supply of perforated 3-dimensional moulds.

• Impact-Resistant, Heat-Resistant Structural Adhesive - A global leader in high-performance adhesives, is seeking proposals for a two-part structural adhesive that cures quickly at room temperature, adheres to a variety of substrates, and offers the performance of a toughened structural adhesive.

• Inhibition of Moisture Migration between Food Components - A major food company, seeking proposals describing technology and expertise for inhibiting moisture migration between food components.

• Low Emission Aggregate Binders for Metal Casting - A Fortune 500 Company, is seeking proposals for aggregate binders that produce lower emissions of volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants while maintaining processing performance.

• Low Water Activity and Moisture Savory Filling Development - A producer and marketer of commercial food products, is seeking proposals for development of novel approaches to create low moisture / low water activity (Aw) savory fillings for food products.

• Microneedle Liquid Delivery System - A global health care company, is seeking microneedle and/or associated microfluidic technologies to develop pain-free subcutaneous drug delivery systems.

• New Allergen Clean-Up Technologies - A major food company, is seeking proposals for development of technologies for removal of allergen residues from all food contact surfaces in food processing equipment used for production of multiple products.

• Novel Techniques for Incorporating Particulates into a Sheeting Process - A retail food manufacturer and marketer, is seeking proposals for techniques to incorporate particulates into a sheeting process technology.

• Portable Non-destructive Nitrate Sensor - Philip Morris USA, invites proposals describing the design and development of a device to be used to measure the amount of nitrate in fresh and cured tobacco in the field or curing facilities.

• Portable Non-destructive Tobacco Specific Nitrosamine (TSNA) Sensor - Philip Morris USA, invites proposals describing the design and development of a device to be used to measure the amount of TSNA in fresh and cured tobacco in the field or curing facilities.

• Structural Adhesives for Wood Bonding with Exceptional Heat Resistance - A Fortune 500 Company, is seeking proposals for structural adhesives for wood bonding that display exceptional thermal stability at temperatures up to and beyond 232 °C (450 °F).

• Skin Chemical Absorption Models and Assay Technologies - A Fortune Global 500 company, invites proposals describing technologies, models, materials or methods to evaluate the skin penetration of chemical substances.

• Sustaining Life In Vitro - A Fortune Global 500 Company, is seeking proposals for methods that will provide long term maintenance of pluristratified epithelial tissues in culture.

• Vitamin C Stabilization Technology - A food company, is seeking technology proposals for Vitamin C stabilization or encapsulation technologies in thermally processed foods.

• Actively Inducing Features and Textures on Surfaces - A Global Consumer Products company, is seeking proposals for technologies that can modifying the shape and/or texture of one or more surfaces of a consumer device.

• Hiding Smudge On See-Through Glass and Painted, Specular Surfaces - A Fortune Global 500 company, is seeking proposals for methods and techniques aimed at eliminating the appearance of smudge on reflective glass and painted (plastic, ceramic, metal) surfaces.

• An organization is seeking to purchase or to exclusively license US patents that improve the performance of LCOS (liquid crystal on silicon) panels. They are especially interested in patents leading to higher resolution (such as light-blocking), and high-speed control (the gap control of the LCD layer). http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20061116A3

• An organization seeks new and disruptive display technologies suitable for use in e-paper devices, or new developments that enable re-writeable electronic paper. New technologies that will change the very nature and quality of e-paper displays and re-writeable e-paper are of special interest. http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20061116A4

• A method or device is needed to measure particle size distributions in solvent media in the range of 10 to 1,000 nanometers. It should be applicable to analyzing pigmented inks in solvents such as ethyl acetate and diethyleneglycol diethylether. An autosampler would be welcome. http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20061102A3

• Elastomeric particles with a diameter smaller than 100 micrometers -- preferably smaller than 10 micrometers -- are needed. The ideal outcome is to get "free-flowing" elastomeric polymer particles. Surface treatment of the particles to obtain the free-flowing properties is allowed. http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20061102A4

Opportunities courtesy of the Illinois Technology Development Alliance, the State Science and Technology Institute, NextTECHS Technology Investment Banking, yet2.com, or NineSigma.