Federal Research: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Licensing of Patented Laboratory Inventions

Abstract

Cell-phone cameras have their roots in a federal labthanks to laws encouraging commercial use of federal inventions. The federal government spends about $137 billion a year researching and developing inventions. The government can license the patents on these inventions to private companies to further develop and bring the technologies to market. Federal agencies and labs said that identifying patentable inventions was difficult, with some citing inadequate tracking systems. Stakeholders said that the bureaucracy and length of the patent licensing process could deter companies. We made 7 recommendations to address these and other challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1152336

Entities

People

  • Ardith A Spence
  • Cheryl M. Harris
  • Christopher P Murray
  • Dan C. Royer
  • Ellen L Fried
  • Emmy L Rhine Paule
  • Gregory A. Marchand
  • James D. Ashley
  • John Neumann
  • Kevin S Bray
  • Reed Van Beveren
  • Robert J Marek
  • Robert Letzler
  • Sarah C Gilliland
  • Vasiliki Theodoropoulos
  • Virginia A Chanley

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Public Administration
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Technology Transfer
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Government and Public Administration Law.