UVAPF Seeks Nominations for 2010 Inventor of the Year

The University of Virginia Patent Foundation is now seeking nominations for the 2010 Edlich-Henderson Inventor of the Year.

Named for U.Va. Professor Emeritus Richard F. Edlich, M.D., Ph.D., and Christopher J. Henderson, the award recognizes an inventor or team of inventors each year whose technology has proven to be of notable value to society. Award winners receive a $10,000 cash prize and formal recognition at the Patent Foundation's annual awards reception, to be held at the Rotunda the evening of Monday, April 5, 2010.

Eligible nominees: (1) are current University of Virginia faculty, staff or students; (2) currently have an issued and non-expired U.S. patent OR copyright on their technology; and (3) have invented a technology that is, in the opinion of the nominator, of high value to society.

To make a nomination, simply send an e-mail or letter of support identifying the nominee(s) and addressing the above criteria to the U.Va. Patent Foundation by Monday, March 1, 2010. Nominations should be sent via e-mail (preferred) to or by mail to:

University of Virginia Patent Foundation
P.O. Box 800755 | 250 W. Main St., Ste. 300
Charlottesville, VA 22902

With questions, please e-mail or call 434.924.2175.

Past winners of the Edlich-Henderson Inventor of the Year Award include:

Year	Inventor
2009	John P. Mugler III, Ph.D.
	James R. Brookeman, Ph.D.
2008	George T. Rodeheaver, Ph.D.
2007	Wladek Minor, Ph.D.
2006	George T. Gillies, Ph.D.
2005	Benjamin M. Gaston, M.D.
	John F. Hunt, M.D.
2004	Haydn N.G. Wadley, Ph.D.
2003	William A. Petri Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
	Barbara J. Mann, Ph.D.
2002	Joel M. Linden, Ph.D.
2001	Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, Ph.D.
2000	Ronald P. Taylor, Ph.D.
1999	John C. Herr, Ph.D.
1997	Richard L. Guerrant, M.D.
	Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D.
1996	Jessica J. Brand
	Patrice G. Guyenet, Ph.D.
	Richard D. Pearson, M.D.
	Janine C. Jagger, Ph.D.
1995	Donald F. Hunt, Ph.D.
	Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Ph.D.
	George C. Stafford Jr., Ph.D.
1994	Gerald L. Mandell, M.D.
	Gail W. Sullivan
1993	Joseph Larner, M.D., Ph.D.
1992	Robert M. Berne, M.D.
	Luiz Belardinelli, M.D.
	Rafael Rubio, Ph.D.

About the University of Virginia Patent Foundation
The University of Virginia Patent Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that serves to bring U.Va. technologies to the global marketplace by evaluating, protecting and licensing intellectual property generated in the course of research at U.Va. The Patent Foundation reviews and evaluates nearly 200 inventions per year and has generated approximately $85 million in licensing revenue since its formation in 1977. For more: www.uvapf.org.