Chairman's Award: Dr. Roger Perlmutter, President, Merck Research Laboratories and Executive Vice
President, Merck & Co., Inc.
Science & Technology Medal: Dr. Joachim Messing, the
director of the Waksman Institute of
Microbiology and the Waksman Chair of Molecular Genetics at Rutgers University
Educator of the Year Award: Dr. Dawood Farahi, Kean University President (2003-2020)
2020 Edison Patent Award Winners:
American Standard part of LIXIL (Consumer): Primed Siphonic Flush Toilet
Avaya, Inc. (Communications Technology): System for Improving Speech Intelligibility of Voice Calls
BASF Corporation (Environmental): Base Metal Catalyst and Method of Using Same
Colgate-Palmolive Company (Adaptive Technology): Systems and Methods for Evaluating Compositions
Ethicon, Inc., - a Johnson & Johnson Company (Medical Device): Resorbable Laparoscopically Deployable
Hemostat
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company (Industrial Process): Hydrocracking of Gas Oils with
Increased Distillate Yield
Merck & Co., Inc. (Pharmaceutical): Stable formulations of Antibodies to Human Programmed Death
Receptor PD-1 and Related Treatments
NJIT (Sustainability): Vacuum Distillation and Desalination
Nokia Bell Labs (Telecommunications): Security Key Generation for Simultaneous Multiple Cell
Connections for Mobile Device
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (Emerging Technology): Method and Apparatus to Produce High
Specific Impulse and Moderate Thrust From a Fusion-Powered Rocket Engine
Princeton University (Energy): Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Devices Having High Open-Circuit
Voltages and Applications
Rowan University (Medical Health Diagnostic): Diagnostic Biomarker Profiles for the Detection and
Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Siemens Technology (Information Technology): Automatic Compression Algorithm Selection and
Parameter Tuning Based on Contextual Knowledge
Stevens Institute of Technology (Homeland Security): Passive Acoustic Detection, Tracking and
Classification System and Method
Net proceeds from the 41st Edison Patent Awards will support the Council’s commitment to excellence in STEM education and workforce development through the New Jersey STEM Pathways Network, Governor’s STEM Scholars, and Merit Scholar programs.
The Innovator- $50,000
Virtual VIP Limitless Table (unlimited number of people from the organization will be able to view the online
event show)
Premier branding on virtual signage
Premier branding in virtual awards program
Premier recognition in all pre & post print, online and social media
Name, logo and website on Council website for 2020-21
Discoverer- $25,000
Virtual Table of 100 (100 people from the organization will be able to view
the online event show)
Prominent branding on virtual signage
Prominent branding in virtual awards program
Recognition in all pre & post print, online and social media
Name logo and link on Council website for 2020-21
Inventor- $10,000
Virtual Table of 50 (50 people from the organization will be able to view the virtual show)
Prominent listing on virtual signage
Prominent listing in virtual awards program
Recognition in all pre & post print, online and social media
Director- $7,500
Virtual Table of 10 (10 people from the organization will be able to view the
Licensing right to award winner film
Listing on virtual signage
Listing in virtual awards program
virtual show)
Individual Virtual Tickets
Industry/For Profit Sector: $500
Government & Non-Profit: $400
Remit payment via check to ATTN: Kim Case,
Executive Director, Research & Development Council of New Jersey 127 Main
Street Chatham, NJ 07928. To pay by credit card (with a 3% processing fee),
email Kim Case, Executive Director, at kcase@rdnj.org.
For further information please contact Kim Case at kcase@rdnj.org.