patents

December 4, 2021

Ben Hall stands at a whiteboard holding a blue marker and wearing a light blue shirt.

License to innovate

The Washington Research Foundation was founded 40 years ago to capture the value of inventions coming out of the UW.


June 1, 2012

A patent success

Catching up with Robert Charlson, ’64, professor emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences and Chemistry, and co-inventor of the first UW-held patent that brought royalties to the UW.


September 1, 1993

Patent pays off

The Washington Research Foundation has given the University $1 million to establish endowed fellowships for promising graduate students.