Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

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The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal law designed to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of federally funded research.

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instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
technology transfer law ⓘ
abbreviation ORTA requirement for federal laboratories ⓘ
amendedBy Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision mechanisms for transferring laboratory-developed technologies to non-federal entities ⓘ
requirements for federal agencies to disseminate technical information ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
encourages commercial licensing of federally owned inventions ⓘ
cooperation between federal laboratories and industry ⓘ
cooperation between federal laboratories and state and local governments ⓘ
cooperation between federal laboratories and universities ⓘ
establishes Office of Research and Technology Applications ⓘ
framework for dissemination of federal laboratory innovations ⓘ
focusesOn commercialization of government-funded research ⓘ
innovation policy ⓘ
technology transfer ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first major U.S. laws to make technology transfer a mission of federal laboratories ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
mandates creation of an Office of Research and Technology Applications in each major federal laboratory ⓘ
namedAfter Representative Don Fuqua Wydler (commonly referred to as Wydler in the act’s title) ⓘ
Senator Adlai Stevenson III ⓘ
objective enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness through federal R&D results ⓘ
increase utilization of federally funded technology by the private sector ⓘ
policyArea innovation and economic development ⓘ
science and technology policy ⓘ
primaryPurpose encourage commercialization of federally funded research ⓘ
promote technology transfer from federal laboratories to the private sector ⓘ
stimulate technological innovation in the United States ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 96-480 ⓘ
relatedTo Bayh–Dole Act ⓘ
Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 ⓘ
technology transfer from federal laboratories ⓘ
requires each federal laboratory to allocate a portion of its budget to technology transfer activities ⓘ
federal laboratories to actively participate in technology transfer ⓘ
sectorImpacted federal laboratories ⓘ
private industry ⓘ
universities and research institutions ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
typeOfLegislation technology innovation legislation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1980 ⓘ

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