This collection of papers—by American and Russian specialists—addresses a variety of legal, regulatory, institutional, and financial issues that can promote or hinder technology commercialization. The book is the result of a series of workshops organized by the National Research Council with the Russian Academy of Sciences on commercialization of technologies, particularly those developed at research and educational institutions.


Technology Commercialization concludes with a list of actions, programs, and policies which warrant further consideration as Russia tries to improve the success of technology commercialization. This book will be of interest to those concerned with small-business development in post-communist states, university technology management, and comparative technology commercialization.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Perspective From a University with an Industry-Funded Research Program
Commercializing University Technology
Legal Issues of Special Concern to Technology Commercialization
An Industrial Perspective on Technology Commercialization in the 1990s and Beyond
Research, Technology Development, and Commercialization
View from a National Laboratory
The Role of Industrial Institutes in Creating and Maintaining Russia's Industrial Potential
Problems of Taxation and Technology Commercialization in Russia
Commercialization of Scientific and Technical Developments at Higher Education Institutes
Development of Legal Regulations for Technology Commercialization in Russia
Commercializing for the Polymer Industry: The Experience of an Academy Institute
The Main Problem in Commercialization of Scientific Research Results
Areas of Further Consideration
Appendix A: Workshop on Technology Commercialization Agenda
Appendix B: Excerpts from the Bayh-Dole Act
Appendix C: Excerpts from the National Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act of 1989
Appendix D: Commercializing Technology
Appendix E: U.S. Patent Law Provisions that Promote University-Based Patenting and Technology Transfer
Appendix F: Description of the Centennial Campus
Appendix G: Innovation Research Fund
Appendix H: First Flight Venture Center
Appendix I: NIST Advanced Technology Program
Appendix J: The Industrial Research Institute, Inc.
Appendix K: NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
Appendix L: U.S. Tax Policy Issues
Appendix M: University Unrelated Business Income Policy
Appendix N: Visits in Russia and the United States