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Technology Transfer at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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    (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics)

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This paper analyzes the inter-relationship among technology transfer mechanisms using data specific to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). An overview of the history of NIST and U.S. policies that emphasize the economic importance of technology transfer are discussed. The empirical analysis focuses on NIST's investments in R&D and the cascading impact of those investments on new inventions disclosed, new patent applications, new patents issued, and the new patent licenses; and accounting for the effects of R&D on these three investments, an overall estimate of the R&D elasticity of new patent licenses is calculated to be 0.7976. The paper concludes with a policy-focused summary of the implications of the empirical findings, and a suggested roadmap for future research related to technology transfer from U.S. Federal laboratories.

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  • Link, Al, 2019. "Technology Transfer at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)," UNCG Economics Working Papers 19-8, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics.
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    1. Albert N. Link & John T. Scott, 2019. "The economic benefits of technology transfer from U.S. federal laboratories," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 44(5), pages 1416-1426, October.
    2. Dennis Patrick Leyden & Matthias Menter, 2018. "The legacy and promise of Vannevar Bush: rethinking the model of innovation and the role of public policy," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(3), pages 225-242, April.
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    5. Chen, Kaihua & Zhang, Chao & Feng, Ze & Zhang, Yi & Ning, Lutao, 2022. "Technology transfer systems and modes of national research institutes: evidence from the Chinese academy of sciences," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(3).

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    Keywords

    technology transfer; federal laboratories; NIST; R&D; patents;
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    JEL classification:

    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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