The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a request for information seeking ideas for improving the public’s return on investment from federally supported R&D. Here’s my submission.
Thank you for providing an opportunity to make recommendations for increasing the commercialization of federally-funded R&D. I was the Senate staffer involved in enacting the Bayh-Dole Act, oversaw its implementation and helped create the Federal Technology Transfer Act at the Department of Commerce, was Executive Director of Intellectual Property Owners, Inc., and served as President of the National Technology Transfer Center, created by Congress to assist in the development of inventions arising from government research.
Image: Left: Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN) and Right: Senator Robert Dole (R-KS). Dole Photograph Collection, University of Kansas - http://www.ipwatchdog.com
