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Ivory tower and industrial innovation : university-industry technology transfer before and after the Bayh-Dole act in the United States

"Since the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, argued that the increase in university patenting and licensing contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s. Many observers have attributed this trend to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which facilitated patenting and licensing by universities
Print Book, English, ©2004
Stanford Business Books, Stanford, Calif., ©2004
xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780804749206, 0804749205
53796897
The ivory tower and industrial innovation
Historical overview: American universities and technical progress in industry
University patent policies and university patenting before the Bayh-Dole Act
The research corporation and university technology licensing, 1912-80
A political history of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980
The Bayh-Dole Act and patenting and licensing at the University of California, Stanford University, and Columbia University
The effects of entry and experience on U.S. university patenting before and after the Bayh-Dole Act
What happens in university-industry technology transfer? Evidence from five case studies / Robert A. Lowe, David C. Mowery, and Bhaven N. Sampat