The paper offers a new theoretical framework to examine the role of intermediaries between creators and potential users of new inventions. Using a model of university-industry technology transfer, the authors demonstrate that technology transfer offices can provide an opportunity to economize on a critical component of efficient innovation investments.
This paper discusses mechanisms available to universities in managing the commercialization of intellectual property, considering equity as a technology transfer mechanism that offers advantages for both generating revenue and aligning the interests of universities, industry and faculty.
The report summarizes the Department of Commerce’s ongoing technology transfer activities and achievements throughout fiscal year 2001.
The report seeks to inform policy makers and
encourage Federal lab tech transfer to ensure the U.S. remains ahead globally in technological innovation. For each department, there is a summary
tabulation of technology transfer activity statistics, background on the agency’s technology transfer programs, and discussion of the agencies’ case examples.
The report assesses the status of technology transfer by the Federal labs in order to inform policymakers, facilitate feedback and discussion, and help to encourage Federal labs in their technology transfer efforts.
The General Accounting Office discloses that in fiscal year 2001, nine federal agencies created 3,676 new inventions, issued 1,585 patents and received $74.5 million in licensing revenues. The study argues that the federal laboratories and research facilities associated with the nine federal agencies can serve as a treasure chest of technologies for commercialization. Two recommendations are given for federal agencies to help with implementing the Technology Transfer Act of 2002.
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that allow firms to benefit from knowledge developed in universities and government labs or that drive them to collaborate with these institutions. The study focuses on the economic determinants of collaboration and knowledge sourcing from universities and government labs, factors such as size, group membership, degree of innovativeness, growth and government support.
The tenth annual licensing survey by the Association of University Technology Managers indicates more than $1.26 billion in royalties were collected by U.S. colleges and universities in FY 2000. The survey also reported 347 new products were introduced to market and at least 454 spin-off companies were created by the institutions, where inventors filed for more than 8,500 U.S. patents.
The report outlines factors that have contributed to a recent decline in the number of cooperative research and development agreements that the Department of Energy national laboratories have entered into with businesses, universities and other partners. The report includes several statistical tables showing tech transfer activities at the 12 labs for the past decade.
The paper examines three academic institutions that have been the leading recipients of licensing and royalty income for much of the 1990s to show that the Bayh-Dole Act itself has had little impact on the content of academic research.