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&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://chronicle.com/news/article/6471/judge-dismisses-u-of-missouris-lawsuit-against-a-professor-in-dispute-over-inventions?utm_source=at&amp;amp;utm_medium=en"&gt;http://chronicle.com/news/article/6471/judge-dismisses-u-of-missouris-lawsuit-against-a-professor-in-dispute-over-inventions?utm_source=at&amp;amp;utm_medium=en&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://community.machinedesign.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=30899" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://community.machinedesign.com/blogs/editordesk/archive/tags/patents/default.aspx">patents</category></item></channel></rss>