Technology Commercialization

This collection of papers—by American and Russian specialists—addresses a variety of legal, regulatory, institutional, and financial issues that can promote or hinder technology commercialization. The book is the result of a series of workshops organized by the National Research Council with the Russian Academy of Sciences on commercialization of technologies, particularly those developed at research and educational institutions.

Technology Commercialization concludes with a list of actions, programs, and policies which warrant further consideration as Russia tries to improve the success of technology commercialization. This book will be of interest to those concerned with small-business development in post-communist states, university technology management, and comparative technology commercialization.

• Front Matter
• Perspective From a University with an Industry-Funded Research Program
• Commercializing University Technology
• Legal Issues of Special Concern to Technology Commercialization
• An Industrial Perspective on Technology Commercialization in the 1990s and Beyond
• Research, Technology Development, and Commercialization
• View from a National Laboratory
• The Role of Industrial Institutes in Creating and Maintaining Russia's Industrial Potential
• Problems of Taxation and Technology Commercialization in Russia
• Commercialization of Scientific and Technical Developments at Higher Education Institutes
• Development of Legal Regulations for Technology Commercialization in Russia
• Commercializing for the Polymer Industry: The Experience of an Academy Institute
• The Main Problem in Commercialization of Scientific Research Results
• Areas of Further Consideration
• Appendix A: Workshop on Technology Commercialization Agenda
• Appendix B: Excerpts from the Bayh-Dole Act
• Appendix C: Excerpts from the National Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act of 1989
• Appendix D: Commercializing Technology
• Appendix E: U.S. Patent Law Provisions that Promote University-Based Patenting and Technology Transfer
• Appendix F: Description of the Centennial Campus
• Appendix G: Innovation Research Fund
• Appendix H: First Flight Venture Center
• Appendix I: NIST Advanced Technology Program
• Appendix J: The Industrial Research Institute, Inc.
• Appendix K: NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
• Appendix L: U.S. Tax Policy Issues
• Appendix M: University Unrelated Business Income Policy
• Appendix N: Visits in Russia and the United States