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Category Archives: Technology Transfer
University Patent Thickets
Here’s a passage from Walton Hamilton and Irene Till, “What is a Patent” in the Spring 1948 issue of Law and Contemporary Problems: It is the very purpose of the patent lawyer to flood the office with an endless stream … Continue reading
Posted in Commons, Technology Transfer
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Reflections on Shill Reflections on Bayh-Dole, 1: Intent and utilization
Rebecca Tapscott has posted an article at IP Watchdog, “Industry Leaders Reflect on Bayh-Dole at 40.” There are lots of problems with this article–and with the “leaders’” “reflections” when it comes to Bayh-Dole. But hey, folks are entitled to mis-remember … Continue reading
Posted in Bayh-Dole, History, Technology Transfer
Tagged 35 USC 200, Bayh-Dole, ineptocrats, intent
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 2: Non-exclusive, voluntary, negotiated practice for effective technology transfer
We will get into the operational details of non-exclusive, voluntary, negotiated university IP management for effective technology transfer. Short answer–everything is navigable and has already been done, even if folks have forgotten how to do it. We can look at … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged crappy, non-exclusive, patent policy, technology transfer
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University Patent Policy for Effective Technology Transfer, 1: Outline
Universities have never had patent policies centered on technology transfer. Not back when, not now. It should come as no surprise that universities don’t track technology transfer and don’t report their outcomes. What would a university technology transfer IP policy … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Projects, Technology Transfer
Tagged project, technology transfer
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On Technology Transfer Metrics, 5: Metrics relative to mission
Who it is that most wants technology change. Or, more particularly, who is it that we ought to want to make technology change? My bet is that the top of that list is not occupied by patent bureaucrats. It’s not, … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged bureaucrats, metrics, technology change, technology transfer
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On Technology Transfer Metrics, 4: Technology transfer and technology change
We have been talking university technology transfer metrics. First, that there aren’t any metrics. No one bothers to collect them or report them. Instead we get proxies of activity–number of patents, number of licenses. Once one has patents, then one … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged bureaucrats, metrics, technology change, technology transfer
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On Technology Transfer Metrics, 3: Money
Universities don’t track their transfers, the federal government does not track university transfers, and professional organizations and nonprofits do not track university transfers. Law firms don’t track university transfers. Venture capital firms don’t track university transfers. Pretty much anyone who … Continue reading
On Technology Transfer Metrics, 2: Management
There are uses for metrics in business. One is to make management decisions. Consider this repeated bit of nonsense–you can’t manage what you don’t measure. There’s a veneer of truth in that, along the lines of “if you measure it, … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged license, management, metrics
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On Technology Transfer Metrics, 1: Issues
Let’s follow up on the fact that there’s no publicly available–free–data source to track university to industry technology transfer. There’s no non-free data source to track such transfer, either. You would think there would be. To get at metrics, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged AUTM, licensing, metrics, money, technology transfer
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Freely available data resources to track US university technology transfer
I answered a Quora question. Here it is. Are there any freely available data resources to track technology transfer activity between universities and commercial businesses in the US? Here’s my answer. No. And that’s quite amazing. Most universities publish an … Continue reading
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Tagged AUTM, fragment, invention, patent, technology transfer
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