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Technology Transfer: Federal Agencies' Patent Licensing Activities

RCED-91-80 Published: Apr 03, 1991. Publicly Released: Apr 03, 1991.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the patenting and licensing activities for fiscal year (FY) 1981 through FY 1990 of 12 federal agencies and 16 Department of Energy contractor-operated laboratories.

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CopyrightFreedom of informationLaboratoriesLicense agreementsLicensesPatent lawPatentsProprietary dataRoyalty paymentsTechnology transfer