D6-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Febniary 19, 2000 (Continued from Page OS) KEITH E.MARTIN 75 UNION COUNTY RUFUS B. MARTIN FAITH RITZY HEATHE DORA NIX MIFFLIN HILLS FARM TRACY TIPPY SHELDON ZEISET SHANNO Company Established To Develop Technologies Based On Penn State Patents UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.)-A new company, EIEICO Inc., has been established based on licenses to three patented Penn State inventions and plans to develop them into products for the meat animal and dairy industries. The inventions, owned by Penn State Research Found ation (PSRF) were all made dur ing research conducted by uni versity faculty members or stu dents who will receive a portion of any economic gain. PSRF will retain an equity interest in EIE ICO (pronounced eeyii, eeyii coh). The company’s investors and management will hold the remaining ownership interest. Frank P. Slattery Jr., a pri- Solid Stand® Opener Selection 1500 & 2000 Series 00 Series Straight Arm Opener 10 Series Parallel Linkage Opener 20 Series Parallel Linkage Opener with Side Depth Control See The Dependable Great Plains Dealers Listed Below: Hoober, Inc. Old Philadelphia Pike, Intercourse, PA 17534 717-768-8231 800-732-0017 Hines Equipment Rt. 28 West, Cresson, PA 16630 814-886-4183 and Rt. 220, Belwood, PA 814-742-8171 Top Lancaster DHIA Cows By Protein For January ELLIOTTSBURG 769 820 26,845 MIFFLINBURG 41,122 1235 1175 36,707 1202 1056 27,042 1133 993 31,795 1087 962 31,381 982 849 MIFFLINBURG 25,931 915 816 25,851 938 805 MIFFLINBURG 27,388 992 812 vate investor from the Philadel phia area, is forming EIEICO and serving as chairman of the board. Retired director, presi dent and CEO of LFC Financial Corporation, a diversified finan cial services company, Slattery has successfully started compa nies based on technology devel oped at Princeton and Penn where he earned his undergrad uate and law degrees, respec tively. Slattery and co-investors are funding EIEICO with $3 million. Joseph S. Duffey, founder and president of Compass Manage ment Partners, a management and strategy consulting firm, is EIEICO president and CEO. Douglas L. Greger, one of the YORK COUNTY H.E. HEINDEL & SONS LAURI LUV PEPSI COLOGN DAWN BESHORE FARMS JEAN DAVID STEWART SASS EDWIN JOHNSON LILA STATE OF MARYLAND HIGHLAND HEIGHTS FARM INC STREET 611 33.164 1239 1085 MINIMUM TILLAGE... MAXIMUM DRILL | All the min-till features plus your choice of opener systems. 1500 & 2000 Series feature: • New "Seed-Forward" box design increasing capacity to 2.4 bu./ft. without increasing required lift capacity. • Fertilizer and Small Seeds attachments optional. • Fluted feed cups are accurate and gentle. 12', 15' sizes a' Eckroth Bros. Farm Bq., Inc. Highway 443 & 895, New Ringgold, PA 17960 870-943-2131 800-237-4591 Lehigh Ag Equipment, Inc. 6670 Ruppsville Road, Allentown, PA 18106 610-398-2553 800-779-3616 BROGUE 29,674 1057 992 30,505 1236 942 32,442 948 915 26,767 945 894 28,246 1057 886 NEW CUMBERLAND 30,766 1148 985 28,462 27,452 inventors, is chief technology officer. Greger was a Penn State graduate student when he made his invention. Until recently, he was a postgraduate researcher at the School of Veterinary Med icine, University of California in Davis, Calif. Dr. Eva J. Pell, Penn State vice president for research and dean of the graduate school, said “This new model for technology transfer, in which related inven tions are bundled into the same start up company, offers those who invest in EIEICO a higher probability of seeing a winner. It also aligns the interests of the inventors and the university with those of the financial and management shareholders.” FINANCE Programs DELTA 979 AIRVILLE 940 839 822 Dr. Thomas J. Monahan, di rector of Penn State’s Intellect ual Property Office (IPO), ex plained that, like shareholders and management, the inventors will benefit from any economic gain from their inventions along with their academic colleges. However, the inventors won’t have to become full-time entre preneurs and spend much of their time looking for capital to commercialize their discoveries. EIEICO will operate as a par ent company and establish sub sidiary companies for the licensed inventions. 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McAhsterville, PA 17049 717-463-2191 800-433-6679 Carlisle Farm Service 260 York Road, Carlisle, PA 17013 800-447-6829 35,570 1175 1067 29,982 941 925 24,821 1055 878 25,351 901 877 23,015 656 866 28,376 788 853 26,902 938 835 26,396 927 827 25,011 901 807 BEL AIR 28,124 1092 PORT DEPOSIT 26,517 1124 881 25,951 914 875 NORTH EAST 826 825 25,922 ELKTON 27,704 931 818 25,323 1051 816 bial pathogens during process ing developed by Dr. Regina Vasilatos-Younken, professor of poultry science, endocrine physi ology and nutrition; a gel drug delivery system to more effec tively manage farm animal reproduction invented by Dr. Daniel R. Denver, professor of reproductive physiology, who is currently on leave of absence as director of life sciences at Ad vanced Inhalation Research (AIR) Inc. in Cambridge, Mass.; and a genetic marker for meat quality traits discovered by Doug Greger. Greger filed eight patent applications related to improvements in livestock pro duction while he was a graduate student at Penn State. 1006
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