2002 Summary Report Federal Lab Technology Transfer

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Citation APA MLA Chicago 2002 Summary Report Federal Lab Technology Transfer. (n.d.). 2002 Summary Report Federal Lab Technology Transfer. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Technical Reference Publication

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Description: This document contains information regarding topics such as Collaborative Research and Development Relationships, Invention Disclosure and Patenting, and Licensing: Lab Inventions and Other Intellectual Property.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii CHAPTER 1. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Scope of This Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.3 Principal Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER 2. SUMMARY OF FY 2001 AGENCY REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1 Department of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.2 Department of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.3 Department of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.4 Department of Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2.5 Environmental Protection Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 2.6 Department of Health and Human Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2.7 Department of the Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 2.8 National Aeronautics and Space Administration . . . . . . . . . . . 52 2.9 Department of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 2.10 Department of Veterans Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 CHAPTER 3. TRENDS IN FEDERAL LAB TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER . . . . 69 3.1 Collaborative Research and Development Relationships . . . . 71 3.2 Invention Disclosure and Patenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 3.3 Licensing: Lab Inventions and Other Intellectual Property . . 80 3.4 Other Activity Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 3.5 Outcomes from Technology Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 CHAPTER 4. AGENCY PROGRESS IN STRENGTHENING PERFORMANCE METRICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 APPENDIX: STATISTICAL TABLES FY: 1987?2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93