Technology Transfer at U.S. Federal Laboratories: R&D --> Disclosures --> Patent Applications

Albert Link

No 21-2, UNCG Economics Working Papers from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper describes relationships within the technology transfer process at U.S. federal laboratories. Using federal laboratory data on R&D, invention disclosures, and patent applications, aggregated to the agency level, quantitative estimates of the relationship among these metrics are presented. The policy-related finding is that a 10 percent increase in R&D per 100 scientists is associated with between a 1.52 percent and a 2.04 percent increase in patent applications per 100 scientists.

Keywords: Technology transfer; Federal laboratory; R&D; STEM employees; Policy evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H42 O33 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2021-03-22
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