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University researchers cashing in on work – Institutes devote more resources for commercial applications

June 7, 2007 /

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Universities across Canada are devoting more resources to commercializing the discoveries of their researchers, and the effort is beginning to pay off.

In fiscal year 2005, the latest year for which data are available, Canadian campuses filed a record number of new patent applications, up 20 per cent from the previous year.

By Sheldon Gordon – Business Edge

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