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Office of Research

Office of Research & Economic Development
vpresearch@uidaho.edu
phone: 208-885-4989

Physical Location
Morrill Hall 105

Mailing Address
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3010
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-3010

Recent Patents Issued

U.S. Patent 8,051,725 describes an automated method and apparatus for collecting soil samples while harvesting a ground crop. The invention was developed during research to develop methods to determine the presence nematode in potato fields. AMS, Inc. of American Falls assisted in some of the final design work. Dr. Dev S. Shrestha, Associate Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.

U.S. Patent 8,080,163 describes a method and system for improving the removal of contaminants from wastewater by recycling a portion of the primary effluent of a moving, iron-coated sand filter upstream in the wastewater treatment process. This is a joint patent with Blue Water Technologies. The University of Idaho inventor is Gregory Moller, Associate Professor of Food Science.

Plant Variety Certificate 200700285 – Highland Russet Potato Variety. Jeff Stark, breeder.

Plant Variety Certificate 200700287 – Yukon Gem Potato Variety. Jeff Stark, breeder.

Plant Variety Certificate 200700286 – Premier Russet Potato Variety. Jeff Stark, breeder.

Plant Variety Certificate 201200014 – Bruneau Wheat Variety. Robert Zemetra, breeder.

John Shovic, Ph.D

Dr. Shovic will present lessons from 25 years of entrepreneuring and how chaos has affected each of his six companies. He will talk about key decisions, disasters and responses to those chaotic crises. More