As state support and federal research funding dwindle, universities are increasingly viewing their intellectual property portfolios as lucrative sources of potential revenue. Nearly all research universities now have a technology transfer office to manage their intellectual property, but many...

Machine generated contents note: 1. INTRODUCTION 1 -- Fundamental Definitions 3 -- Overview of the Book 5 -- 2. AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 7 -- The Colonial Period 7 -- Toward a National Science and Technology -- Infrastructure 10 -- Toward an Industrial Science and Technology -- Infrastructure...