Rubber for Eternity
Knowledge protection helps to find commercial and social partners to apply knowledge and thus create social impact. In 2016, prof. dr. Francesco Picchioni, Product Technology-group of Engineering and Technology institute Groningen, filed a patent application based on his research 'Recycling of Rubber'. A real gap in the market: ‘Recycling rubber is a social problem. The surplus of used rubber is now burned and that is bad for the environment. Our invention gives new applications to rubber from discarded car tires.’
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(This is a short version of: https://www.rug.nl/society-business/commissioning-research/ipbd/world-ip-week/interviews/rubber-voor-de-eeuwigheid)
| Last modified: | 24 April 2019 3.10 p.m. |
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