Public Law 96-480

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United States federal statute technology transfer law

Public Law 96-480 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1980 to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of government-funded research.

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Label	Occurrences
Pub.L. 96-480	1
Public Law 96-480 canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ technology transfer law ⓘ
abbreviation	ORTA ⓘ
aimsTo	enhance collaboration between government and the private sector in technology development ⓘ increase utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research ⓘ
appliesTo	federal laboratories ⓘ federally funded research and development ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
creates	Office of Research and Technology Applications ⓘ
dateEnacted	1980-10-21 ⓘ
enactedBy	96th United States Congress ⓘ
encourages	cooperation between federal laboratories and industry ⓘ cooperation between federal laboratories and universities ⓘ cooperative research and development activities ⓘ use of federal laboratory resources by non-federal parties ⓘ
establishesConcept	technology transfer from federal laboratories ⓘ
establishesPolicy	that technology developed in federal laboratories should be made available to the public and private sector ⓘ
focusesOn	commercialization of federally developed technology ⓘ
hasAmendments	Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ⓘ surface form: Stevenson–Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
historicalSignificance	one of the first comprehensive U.S. laws focused on federal technology transfer ⓘ
influencedBy	concerns about U.S. technological competitiveness in the late 1970s ⓘ
namedAfter	Senator Adlai Stevenson III ⓘ surface form: Adlai Stevenson III Melvin Wydler ⓘ
policyArea	innovation policy ⓘ intellectual property and technology transfer ⓘ science and technology policy ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to encourage commercialization of government-funded research ⓘ to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector ⓘ to stimulate innovation and technological advancement in the United States ⓘ
providesFor	dissemination of technical information from federal laboratories ⓘ
publicLawNumber	96-480 ⓘ
relatedTo	Bayh–Dole Act ⓘ
requires	each major federal laboratory to establish an Office of Research and Technology Applications ⓘ federal agencies to disseminate information about federally owned technologies ⓘ federal laboratories to actively participate in technology transfer ⓘ
sectorTargeted	private sector ⓘ
shortName	Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ⓘ surface form: Stevenson–Wydler Act
signedBy	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
signingPresident	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
sponsors	Representative Don Fuqua ⓘ Senator Adlai Stevenson III ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	94 Stat. 2311 ⓘ
subjectMatter	federal research and development ⓘ technology innovation ⓘ technology transfer mechanisms ⓘ
yearEnacted	1980 ⓘ

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Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 96-480 ⓘ

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