AUTM Licensing Survey: FY 2003

Highlights of the FY03 survey include: 15,510 invention disclosures were reported by 198 institutions, up 7.7 percent from FY02; 7,921 new U.S. patent applications were filed by 194 institutions, up 8.2 percent; and 3,933 U.S. patents issued in fiscal year 2003 reported by 195 institutions, up 12.3 percent

Bayh-Dole Act and High-Technology Entrepreneurship in U.S. Universities: Chicken, Egg, or Something Else?

This paper reviews the evidence on university-industry interactions and technology transfer, focusing in particular on the role of the Bayh-Dole Act in (allegedly) transforming this relationship. The author also examines recent research that considers the Act’s effects on the formation of new, knowledge-based firms that seek to exploit university inventions.