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Frederick Cottrell in the 1912 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry : Laying the Foundations of University Technology Transfer

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Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 43 (4): 839--846 (February 2004)
DOI: 10.1021/ie0307129

Abstract

This paper discusses a discourse by Frederick Cottrell in the 1912 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, which analyzed the formation of the Research Corporation, an organization that was in many ways a forerunner of the modern university technology transfer offices of today. The Research Corporation and university technology transfer offices present contrasting methods of encouraging university science; however, both encounter problems that have attracted significant academic comment. The impact of the Research Corporation decreased with the passing of the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, a piece of legislation that encouraged technology trans…(more)

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