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Davin Huston, left, and Mark French use an oscilloscope Thursday to analyze the signal output of their guitar pickup design in Knoy Hall at Purdue University. The two, along with Kathryn Lupacchino, were one of the first groups to be awarded a grant from the Innovation and Commercialization Center, which provides seed funding to Purdue researchers. / John Terhune/J&C

Is this the end of days for iron-clad prenuptials between Purdue University and its researchers?

Top leaders — along with the university’s newest organization aimed at commercializing research — seem determined to get rid of the stigma that Purdue does more to hurt than help researchers cross the “valley of death,” the precarious stage before innovation hits the market as a tangible object or service.

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