A Cincinnati-based company with backing from giant firms like Best Buy and Proctor & Gamble is about to launch an online marketplace where academics and inventors can sell innovative ideas for products and services.

USA National Innovation Marketplace, the Wall Street Journal reports, is designed to speed the transition from great idea to commercial product.

Businesses can then browse through those ideas by category, much like searching through r

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