#921: Mal Carroll: Syncrude Celebrates 18 New Patents
At this year’s research and development seminar, Syncrude celebrated the granting of 18 new patents.
According to Mal Carroll, that brings the oil sands company’s total to 195 patents for new inventions
Mal Carroll is Syncrude’s General Manager of Research and Development.
MAL CARROLL: The patents do a few things for us. So from a business point of view, it’s very important that we have control over our intellectual property. If you invent something, you want to be able to use it. But it’s also a great opportunity to recognize the great work that our folks are doing. And certainly, everybody involved in it appreciates receiving a patent plaque. We will have our CEO shake everyone’s hands. And it’s a great opportunity to get a sense of the volume of work that is accomplished. So it is a milestone and it also brings things to a bit of a closure. You know, I’ve finished this body of work, we’ve been able to have it recognized in terms of a patent, which is quite a formal process. And now I have provided a significant value to the company as a scientist.
Mal Carroll says there are already 40 more patents in the works.
Thanks today to Syncrude.
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I’M CHERYL CROUCHER
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Program Date: 2017-12-19