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Science 22 August 2003:
Vol. 301. no. 5636, p. 1052
DOI: 10.1126/science.1087473
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Policy Forum

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Enhanced: University Licensing and the Bayh-Dole Act

Jerry G. Thursby and Marie C. Thursby

The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 allows universities to patent and exclusively license federally funded inventions. With dramatic growth in university licensing, the Act has become controversial and the subject of policy review. In this Policy Forum we examine the available evidence on the intended and unintended effects of the Act.

The authors are at Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30306 and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA, respectively.

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