Washington, DC
March 10, 2006
 USDA/ERS
report
Government Patenting and Technology Transfer
By Paul W. Heisey, John L. King, Kelly Day Rubenstein, and
Robbin Shoemaker
Economic Research Report No. (ERR15) 60 pp, March 2006
This report examines the use of
intellectual property rights in Federal technology transfer,
focusing primarily on the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
ARS uses patenting and licensing when a technology requires
additional development by a private sector partner to yield a
marketable product. Licensing revenue is not a major motivation.
Greater use of patenting and licensing by ARS has not reduced
the use of traditional instruments of technology transfer such
as scientific publication. The structure of licensing agreements
affects technology transfer outcomes. Mutually advantageous
revisions to license terms may at times maintain the incentives
through which private companies distribute the benefits of
public research.
In this report ...
Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat
PDF format.
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Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, 154 kb
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Introduction, 78 kb
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The Public Policy Background and the Economic Case for
Intellectual Property, 99 kb
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Technology Transfer by Federal Agencies, 111 kb
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Technology Transfer at the Agricultural Research Service
(ARS), 126 kb
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Case Studies of ARS Technology Transfer Using Patents,
87 kb
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Policy Lessons from Technology Transfer Case Studies,
102 kb
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Conclusions, 84 kb
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References, 87 kb
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