The commercialization of academic patents: Black boxes, pipelines, and Rubik's cubes

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-616

  Feller, Irwin ^a   Feldman, Maryann ^b  

^a AAAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic research; Commercialization; Patents and licenses; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMMERCIALIZATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITIES; PATENTS AND LICENSES; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84867939612     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-009-9123-5     Document Type: Article

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