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• Guest Opinion: Pending Patent and Antitrust Legislation Will Help Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness in Technology
  Guest opinion written by Senator Bob Dole on two different technology, research & development, and patent bills.
• Dole to Chair Hearing Tomorrow on Patent Procedures — Hi-Tech Development Encouraged
  Discusses S. 2171, the Uniform Patent Procedures Act.
• Dole Announces Legislation to Remedy Problems with Government Patent Policies
  Senator Dole announces legislation that will build on the Bayh-Dole Act.
• 'Public the Victim' for Lack of Limited Patent Right Policy, Dole Says
  Press release discusses Senator Dole's and Senator Bayh's proposed University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act, which would become the Bayh-Dole Act.
• Dear Colleague Letter on the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
  Letter co-signed by Senators Birch Bayh, Bob Dole, Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., and Dennis DeConcini stating their plan and reasoning to introduce the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act.
• Status Profile for S. 414, University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
  Status from the House Office of the Clerk with the updated actions and current co-sponsors on the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act (which would become the Bayh-Dole Act) as of December 13, 1979.
• Status Profile for S. 3496, Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act
  Status from the House Office of the Clerk with the updated actions and current co-sponsors on the Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act as of October 11, 1978. Clauses proposed in this would later become part of the Bayh-Dole Act.
• Article: Bayh-Dole +25
  Twenty-five year retrospective of the Bayh-Dole Act from the perspectives of Birch Bayh and Bob Dole in the April-May 2005 issue of TechComm.
• Congressional Record: Senator Bob Dole Presents Amendment to H.R. 6933
  Senator Bob Dole presents an amendment on the Senate floor to include the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act in H.R. 6933.
• United States Code Annotated: Title 35 Patents
  Official revision and codification of laws relating to patents under arrangement of official code of the laws of the United States with annotations from Federal and State Courts.
• Congressional Record: Senator Birch Bayh Introduces S.4396, Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act
  Senator Birch Bayh's introduction of Senate Bill 3496, the Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act on the Senate floor. It is a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Senate code to establish a uniform federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance, and for other related purposes. This bill would later become the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act, which would become known as the Bayh-Dole Act.
• Congressional Quarterly: Patent Law Amendments
• Message from Jack Crowley on Patent Legislation and Universities
  Contains articles on the Bayh-Dole Act and patent legislation relating to Universities.
• Handwritten Note on Commercialization of Technology
  A handwritten note in Senator Dole's legislative assistant Mark Scanlan's files listing recent updates and actions related to patent, technology transfer, and research and development policy.
• Letter to Michael Pettit from Allan Goldstein on the Bayh-Dole Act
  Fifteen year retrospective on the Bayh-Dole Act.
• New York Times Articles on the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
• Global Competitiveness and the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
  Mentions the Bayh-Dole Act and HR 1443 (Federal Research Commercialization Act).
• Differences Between House and Senate Version of Technology Transfer Bills
  List of categories of major and minor differences between the House and Senate version of the Technology Transfer bills. Additionally, contains a handwritten note about the Office of Management and Budget's objections to the bill and the Department of Defense's objections to the bill.
• Note: Conference on Federal Technology Transfer
  Handwritten note on the House version of the Federal Technology Transfer Bill.
• Conference Report: Section 7 of Technology Transfer Bill, Distribution of Royalties Received by Federal Agencies
  Report from the congressional Conference on the Federal Technology Transfer bill with the conferees' recommendations on remedying differences between House and Senate bills.
• Draft of Technology Transfer Bill, Section 13: Rewards for Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Personnel of Federal Agencies
  This copy of part of the technology transfer bill House draft contains a handwritten internal note from a Dole staffer about the House bill being closer to the Senate position.
• Article: Transfers and Patents of Federally Funded Technology
  The article discusses changes in federal patent policy between 1980 and 1986 and how it impacts universities, big and small businesses, and federal laboratories.
• Memo: Compromise on Dole Amendment to Federal Technology Transfer Bill
  Memo from legislative assistant Pete Velde to Senator Dole.
• Senate Calendar of Business: Monday, June 23, 1986
• H.R. 3773: An Act to Amend the Stevenson-Wylder Technology Innovation Act of 1980
  Copy of H.R. 3773, An Act to amend the Stevenson-Wylder Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to promote technology transfer by authorizing Government-operated laboratories to enter into cooperative research agreements and by establishing a Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer within the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. This became the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Dole Introduces S.64, Uniform Patent Procedures Act, and S.65, Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act
  Except from the Congressional Record in which Senator Bob Dole introduces S. 64, a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code for the purpose of creating a uniform policy and procedure concerning patent rights in inventions developed with federal assistance, and for other purposes. Senator Dole also proposes S.65, a bill to improve the transfer of technology from government laboratories to the public.
• S. 65, Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985
• Statement of Senator Robert Dole on Introduction of Uniform Patent Procedures Act of 1983
  This statement references prior Bayh-Dole 1980 legislation
• Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 PL 99-502
  Talking points or report for a presentation. This summarizes and succinctly explains the major points of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• US GAO Report: Patent Policy
  United States General Accounting Office. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives. Patent Policy. Department of Commerce Involvement in Department of Energy Activities.
• Memo from Bryan Culp to Senator Dole
• 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.
• Review of the Bayh-Dole Act: Testimony by Senator Dole
  Review of the Bayh-Dole Act Testimony by Senator Dole to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks. Dole discusses the successes of the Bayh-Dole Act, 14 years after it was signed.
• AAU Steering Committee on Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property: A Proposal
  Association of American Universities Steering Committee Proposal. Discusses the general research agreement situation between universities and industry and in response to recent government actions, calls for reviews, reports, recommendations going forward.
• Article: Technology Transfer Boom Offers Scientists Rewards - And Challenges
  Top article on the front page of The Scientist: the newspaper for the science professional.
• 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
• Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 Senate Report 99-283
  Directly cites the Bayh-Dole Act of 1984. This booklet has highlighted sections and handwritten notes.
• Dear Senator Letter from Committee on the Judiciary Members Regarding Patent Law
  includes a draft of the Process Patent Amendment of 1980
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Senator Bayh Introduces S. 414 and Senator Dole's Statements
• S. 414, University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
  A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code to establish a uniform Federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance, and for other related purposes.
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Senator Bob Dole Introduces S. 3496
  Senator Bob Dole's Introduction of Senate Bill 3496, A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Senate code to establish a uniform Federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance, and for other related purposes.