Howard Bremer, a patent attorney who helped develop the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s influence in the worlds of research and innovation, died Friday, according to a news release.
Bremer, 90, was among those who pushed for a federal law in 1980, helping universities sell ownership for inventions, which generated income that could fund additional research.
His death ends a career at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation that lasted 53 years. WARF is an organization designed to support and encourage UW-Madison research by protecting its discoveries and licensing them to commercial partners for beneficial use, according to its website.
Bremer received degrees in law and chemical engineering from UW-Madison.
"Howard's work created incalculable benefits for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and society as a whole by finding new ways to move innovations from campus laboratories to the public,” WARF Managing Director Carl Gulbrandsen said in the release. “His stewardship helped secure the cycle of research, discovery, commercialization and investment that supports the university to this day."
