{"id":43121,"date":"2025-06-25T13:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/?page_id=43121"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:05:49","slug":"intellectual-property","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/people\/intellectual-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual Property"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"People\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-people\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-43044\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43044\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/people\/\">Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-43045\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43045\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/people\/research-integrity\/\">Research Integrity<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-43046\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43046\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/people\/sponsored-projects\/\">Sponsored Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-43129\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43129\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/people\/intellectual-property\/\">Intellectual Property<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-43047\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43047\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/people\/partners\/\">Partners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intellectual Property Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Peter Rumsey<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Vice President for Economic Development, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:peter_rumsey@uri.edu \">peter_rumsey@uri.edu <\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Brian Nath<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director, Intellectual Property and Commercialization<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9003<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:briannath@uri.edu\">briannath@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Tamara L Vittone<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Executive Assistant I<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5507<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:tamara_vittone@uri.edu\">tamara_vittone@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intellectual Property Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/meet\/bethany-d-jenkins\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2270\/Bethany-Jenkins.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2270\/Bethany-Jenkins.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2270\/Bethany-Jenkins-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2270\/Bethany-Jenkins-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2270\/Bethany-Jenkins-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/meet\/bethany-d-jenkins\/\">Bethany D. Jenkins<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Vice President for Research and Economic Development<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4576<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:bdjenkins@uri.edu\">bdjenkins@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/general-counsel\/meet\/alyssa-v-boss\/\">Alyssa Boss<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">General Counsel<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office of General Counsel<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/meet\/amy-dagata-ph-d-rn-faan\/\">Amy D&#8217;Agata<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Nursing<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/meet\/jason-dahl\/\">Jason Dahl<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor, Department Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Ocean Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/meet\/ruitang-deng\/\">Ruitang Deng<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor, Department Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Biomedical &amp; 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