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Summary Report on Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer

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Technical Reference Publication

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Foreword: The sizable and sustained investment that the United States has made in science and technology over the past several decades, coupled with our world-class scientists and entrepreneurial businesses, has paid off handsomely and helped position us well as the 21st century starts. Our economy and technology sectors lead the world, thanks in large part to our unique innovative capacity.

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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

 
 



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