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• 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 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.
• Message from Jack Crowley to Mark Wrighton on University Research and Patents
  Bayh-Dole is discussed in this message.
• Coalition to Promote Technology Transfer
• Bob Dole: A Vision for the Information Age
  List of legislation regarding technology and telecommunication that Senator Dole was involved with, ranging from 1971-1995.
• 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
• Implementation of the Bayh-Dole Act, 96-517 at the University of Kansas
• Global Competitiveness and the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
  Mentions the Bayh-Dole Act and HR 1443 (Federal Research Commercialization Act).
• 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.
• Back to Basics: Technology Transfer and Economic Growth
  This press release references Bayh-Dole 1980 legislation.
• Statement of Senator Bob Dole on the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986
• Statement of Senator Robert Dole on Introduction of Uniform Patent Procedures Act of 1983
  This statement references prior Bayh-Dole 1980 legislation
• Memo from Bryan Culp to Senator Dole
• 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