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Lab patent, license award winners recognized

Cheryl Kuske, left, of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (B-1), receives her Distinguished Patent Award from Laboratory Director Pete Nanos at the 2004 Patent and Licensing Awards ceremony in the Otowi Building cafeteria at Technical Area 3. Laboratory technical staff members were honored at the seventh annual patent and licensing awards ceremony for copyrighted, patented and licensed technologies developed in the last year. Kuske along with collaborators Tom Terwilliger of Cell Biology, Structural Biology and Flow Cytometry (B-2) and Arlene Wise, formerly of the Laboratory, received the Distinguished Patent Award for their patent, "Detection of Phenols Using Engineered Bacteria." Kuske joined the Laboratory in 1990 starting with an Alexander Hollaender Distinguished post-doctorate fellowship in the former Life Sciences (LS) Division. She became a staff member in 1993. The Distinguished Patent Award is selected by Laboratory Fellows and recognizes a premier patent exemplifying a significant technical advance, adaptability to public use and noteworthy value to the Lab's mission. The awards ceremony is sponsored by the Technology Transfer (TT) Division.

Harry Martz Jr., center, and Michael S. Hamada, left, both of Statistical Sciences (D-1) received the 2004 Distinguished Licensing Award for "Optimizing the Availability of a Buffered Industrial Process" and in particular their work on PowerFactoRE, part of an ongoing collaboration with Procter and Gamble to develop innovative manufacturing reliability methods and systems. PowerFactoRE won a 2003 R&D 100 award. The Patent and Licensing Awards recognized 116 individuals for the 62 new patents issued in the 2004 fiscal year. To review the complete list of winners and awards go to http://www.lanl.gov/source/orgs/tt/awards/innov_awards.shtml online. Photos by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs

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