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Books & Booklets

Job, Donald D. THE INVENTOR'S GUIDE - GETTING BEYOND THE INVENTION. Second Edition, Haley Publications, Lexington, MA, 1993. 160 page book.

____________ GUIDE TO DEVELOPING A MARKETING PLAN, 2nd Edition, Haley Publications, Lexington, MA, 1986. 60 page book.

____________ GUIDE TO DEVELOPING A BUSINESS PLAN, 2nd Edition, Haley Publications, Lexington, MA, 1986. 40 page book.

___________ GUIDE TO DEVELOPING A BUSINESS PLAN, 4th Edition, Enbede Co., Sanford, NC, 2022. 100 page book.

Job, Donald D. Editor and co-author. Developing a Licensing Support Activity for Inventors. Published by Innovative Products Research & Services, Inc., Lexington, MA. Developed under a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, October, 1993.

Job, Donald D. Editor and co-author. Developing an Inventor Support Service which performs early stage Market and Manufacturing Evaluations. Published by Innovative Products Research & Services, Inc., Lexington, MA. Developed under a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, October, 1991.

Articles in Business/Entrepreneurship

____________ "Allocation of Marketing Resources in New High Technology Firms." in MARKETING AND SMALL BUSINESS/ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Eds. Hills, Barnaby and Duffus, 1983. International Council for Small Business, Washington, DC.

Job, D. and Oliver Curme. "Fund Raising for New Products ..." in Mass High Tech ca. 1988. Oliver Curme is from Battery Ventures, a venture capital company in Boston.

Courses taught and academic institution appointments available upon request.

Peer Reviewed Publications in Life Sciences

Job, D. D. et al. "Risks associated with use of UVA Irradiators being used in treating psoriasis and other conditions." LD&A - Journal of Illuminating Engineers Society. March, 1979 pp. 57-60.

Job, D. D. "Effects of antibiotics and selective inhibitors of ATP on intestinal slow waves." Am. J. Physiol. 220 (2): 299-306, 1971.

_______ and W. Griffing and B. Rodda. "A possible origin of intestinal gradients and their relation to motility." Am. J. Physiol. 226 (6): 1510-1515, 1974.

Job, D. D. "Ionic basis of intestinal electrical activity." Am. J. Physiol. 217: 1533-1541, 1969

Illuminating Engineers Handbook Published by Illuminating Engineers Society, New York, NY 1980. Contributed to Chapters on photobiology.

Job, D.D., W.E. Bloomquist and J. Bridgeforth. "Correlations between electrolyte content and spontaneous electrical activity in intestinal muscle." Am. J. Physiol. 226(6): 1502-1509, 1974.

____________ and W.E. Bloomquist. "Correlations between ionic contents in different regions and layers of intestinal muscle." Am. J. Physiol. 226(6): 1496-1501, 1974.

____________ and W. Griffing and B. Rodda. "A possible origin of intestinal gradients and their relation to motility." Am. J. Physiol. 226(6): 1510-1515, 1974.

____________ "Ionic basis of intestinal electrical activity." Am. J. Physiol. 217: 1533-1541, 1969

Lui, J. C.L. Prosser and D. D. Job "Ionic dependence of slow waves and spikes in intestinal muscle." Am. J. Physiol. 217: 1542-1550, 1969

Published Abstracts in Life Sciences

Kadkade, P. H. O'Conner and D. D. Job. "Light as a regulator of bean petiole abscission". Plant Physiol. 56(2): 58, August, 1975. Presented at Annual meeting for Plant Physiology.

Job, D.D. and B.J. Cerimele and S. R. Lawrence. "Computer analysis of intestinal motility" Fed. Proc. 33(3): 391, Paper #1020, 1974.

____________ and B. Cerimele. "Fourier analysis of electrical activity from different regions of the gastro-intestinal tract: Biophysics Journal 13: 199a, 1973.

____________ and K. Martlage. "Calcium ion complexes with phospholipids." Biophysical Journal 11: 57a, 1971.

____________ "The effects of metabolic inhibitors on phosphate efflux from smooth muscle." Fed. Proc. 29(2): 806, 1970.

____________ "ATP hydrolysis during slow wave repolarization". Biophysical Journal 10: 117, 1970

____________ "Origin and Mechanism of Intestinal Slow Waves." Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 1968. Published in Dissertation Abstracts XXX(1), 1969.

____________ "Origin of slow wave frequency". Fed. Proc. 28(2): 541, 1969.

____________ and B. C. Abbott. "Ionic basis for intestinal slow waves." Fed. Proc. 27: 704, 1968.

Boling, J. L. and D. D. Job "Studies of the influence of estrogens and progesterone effects on abdomin-vaginal electro-potential differences and muscular activity of the vagina in the albino rat." Anatomical Record, 151: 326-327, 1965.

Unpublished Writings and/or Presentations in Life Sciences

"Expecting a Baby? What you need to know about Vitamins and Minerals" Booklet for distribution by IPRS to women likely to have high risk pregnancies. October, 2013.

NASSHP – “A Systems Biology View of Magnesium and Hypertension in Pregnancy.” Presented at Biennial meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. Kiawah Island Resort, SC, Sept. 7-9, 2012.

“A Systems View of Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment.” Presented to Lee County Prostate Cancer Support Groups. A 2 part series. 2010.

“Invention Opportunities in Biotechnology.” Presented to Inventors Association of New England at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, June 9, 2003.

"Calcium ion complexes with phospholipids". Seminar given to the Transport Group at Indiana University Medical School, March, 1973.

Numerous other presentations have been made and research findings documented but are as yet unpublished.

Testimony for Patent System

"First-to-File or First-to-Invent" Moderator of Debate and Speaker and Conference Co-Chair - 3rd Annual National Conference of Inventor Associations, Long Beach, CA August, 1992.

Subsequently testified before Congressional Committee on proposed changes to the patent law.

Presentations Relating to Invention and Entrepreneurship

Inventing for Biotech, Follow the Money. Lecture presented at MIT for Inventors Association of New England, June 9, 2003

Inventors Association of New England Newsletter. Editor of this monthly, nationally distributed newsletter from 1986 to 1995.

SME Talk on Inventing for Markets - Region 5 Annual Meeting and Technical Conference, Wakefield, MA, April 10, 1992

SME Talk on "Protecting Products in Manufacturing" - Chapter 146, Danvers, MA May 21, 1992

"Invention Funding" Speaker and Conference Coordinator - 2nd Annual National Conference of Inventor Associations, Minneapolis, MN October 30-Nov. 2, 1991.

"Product Protection Alternatives" Speaker and workshop leader. First Annual Entrepreneur Workshop sponsored by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Venture Forum, April 6, 1991, Worcester, MA

"Invention Trade Shows" Speaker and Committee Chairperson - 1st Annual National Conference of Inventor Associations, St. Louis, MO Sept. 12-15, 1990.

"Finding a Licensee" Workshop Leader at University of Maine sponsored Inventors and Entrepreneurs Workshops. Augusta, ME, November 2, 1989.

"The Product Development Process" Guest panelist/speaker at University of Mass. Harbor Campus in Critical & Creative Thinking Graduate Program. Delores Gallo, faculty. September 28, 1989.

Presentations at National Innovation Workshops

"Describing Your Idea and Inventor Resources" Faculty for National Innovation Workshop, Sponsored by Dept. of Energy, Babson College, Wellesley, MA, October, 1988

"Evaluating Inventions" Faculty for National Innovation Workshop, Sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Energy. Portland, ME, October, 1992

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Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) Presentation - 1992 - "Inventing for Markets"

National Innovation Workshop Presentation - 1996 - "Estimating the Value of your Invention"

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