Polymers, Patents, Profits

Аннотация

In recent times, an ever increasing number of success stories have emerged which focus on the patent and licensing activities of US universities, who, for example in 1997, filed a total of approximately 6000 patent applications, obtained more than 2400 issued patents, and made about 611million US dollars in profit from roughly 7000 license agreements. This situation has now also been replicated in Germany, with these achievements placing non-industrial and particularly university-conducted research efforts at the center of research politics and public interest as a potential source for innovation.