By Erin Wickey 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct.10, 2025) — UK Innovate marked the achievements of innovators across campus at Patent Palooza! 2025.

These researchers, entrepreneurs and industry partners all drive intellectual property creation, commercialization success and entrepreneurial growth at the University of Kentucky. In fiscal year 2025, UK saw the most patents issued, the most licenses executed and the second-most inventions disclosed in UK history.

In fiscal year 2025, 29 teams completed Launch Blue’s UAccel program. More than 100 UK innovators were issued 61 patents, had 40 licenses and options executed for their innovations and received four Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer awards.

The event featured a short compilation video of four faculty members with pioneering ideas as part of the “I am a UK Innovator” series. Among them was John Anthony, Ph.D, the C. W. Hammond Professor of Chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry and associate director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research. He was honored for his work developing new materials that will allow quantum computers to operate at room temperature.

UK Innovate and Research Communications will spotlight each innovator in depth later this fall.

Patent Palooza! 2025 was held Sept. 23 in the Gatton Student Center. Learn more here.