Accountability in patenting of federally funded research

Nat Biotechnol. 2012 Oct;30(10):953-6. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2382.

Abstract

New data indicates substantial under-reporting of the existence of federal funding in academic biomedical patents issued since the enactment of the Bayh-Dole Act.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Academies and Institutes / economics
  • Academies and Institutes / ethics
  • Drug Approval / economics
  • Drug Approval / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Financing, Government / economics*
  • Financing, Government / ethics*
  • Patents as Topic / ethics*
  • Patents as Topic / statistics & numerical data
  • Research Support as Topic / economics*
  • Research Support as Topic / ethics*
  • Social Responsibility*
  • United States
  • United States Food and Drug Administration