The thermoplastic composite sheet patent portfolio donated by DuPont to Virginia Tech provides a potential new structural material and a new type of business relationship. It is the model that could drive composites development in the twenty-first century - a union of business technology with university basic develop expertise. This new partnership demonstrates: 1) Intellectual Property Leverage means multiple paths for intellectual property assets to be converted to earnings for the university stakeholders, business stockholders and the composites, 2) High Performance Thermoplastic Composite Mats means any reinforcement with any thermoplastic combined in a product form that has a rapid cycle time, 3) New Partnerships means Virginia Tech University approaching the composites industry with a material that can be developed as a solution to a specific problem or the basis for a new business
| Number of Pages : | 12 |
| Published : | 11/01/2000 |
