Bayh-Dole Act Topic Guide

Title (Dublin Core): Bayh-Dole Act Topic Guide
Description (Dublin Core): The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 was an amendment to existing patent law with sponsors Senator Birch Bayh (Indiana – D) (pronounced “Bye”) and Senator Robert Dole (Kansas – R) to facilitate the commercialization of technology developed with government support. The Bayh-Dole Act forged a new partnership between the nation’s universities, non-profit research laboratories and private companies to hold patents on federally funded research. It also prevented international researchers from taking American federally funded inventions to other countries and then selling them back to America.

This has spawned the biotechnology industry and revitalized American technological leadership in the world. Before 1980, the federal government retained title to all university and non-profit research inventions if any federal funding was involved, so now the public can benefit from medicinal breakthroughs and vaccines quicker as research can move faster and freely. In 1994, it had created markets of $9-13 billion in product sales, 50k-100k new jobs and tax revenues of over $2 billion.
Coverage (Dublin Core): 1978 - 1996
Format (Dublin Core): articles, bills, proposals, correspondence, memorandums, reports, speeches

Letter from Vice President George Bush to Senator Bob Dole on The Uniform Patent Procedures Act
A very short response letter to Bob Dole from Vice President George H.W. Bush. Dole had clearly written to the Vice President previously, regarding how Federal Acquisition Regulation might affect his proposed patent legislation.
Overview and Impact of the Bayh-Dole Act
A summary from 1996 looking back at the positive impact the Bayh-Dole Act had on jobs and universities since its implementation in 1980.
Dear Senator Letter from Committee on the Judiciary Members Regarding Patent Law
includes a draft of the Process Patent Amendment of 1980
Correspondence Between Bob Dole and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Includes copy of Dole's original letter sent April 1986 in support of timely processing of requests
Memo from Bryan Culp to Senator Dole
Article: Technology Transfer Boom Offers Scientists Rewards - And Challenges
Top article on the front page of The Scientist: the newspaper for the science professional.
Statement of Senator Robert Dole on Introduction of Uniform Patent Procedures Act of 1983
This statement references prior Bayh-Dole 1980 legislation