Reflection of the Theory and Experience of Bayh-Dole Act

Reflection of the Theory and Experience of Bayh-Dole Act

 

Title
Reflection of the Theory and Experience of Bayh-Dole Act
Author
Chih-Chieh Yang
Keywords
Bayh-Dole Act, government-funded research, patent, Science and Technology Basic Law
Abstract
In 1980, through the beginning of the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act, the federal government-funded
research can apply for a patent. It resulting in a significant increase
of patent application by universities. The number of patents granted in 1979 was
264 patents, while in 1997 the number is 2,436, which grows nearly 10 times.
However, most of these patents were on the biomedical field, and most of them are
funded by the federal government. More important, most of them are basic research
or research tool patents. The original intent of Bayh-Dole Act was to encourage
federally funded research be more commercialized. However, the legislators do not
realize that a lot of university research is fundamental research. Fundamental research
is basis of further applied research, particularly in the field of biomedicine.
Thus, there is no need to grant patent on basic research. If the basis research patent
protection granted, the follow-up research and development will be hindered,
which impede scientific progress. In this paper, the author reviews the patent policy
of government-funded university research, and intrudes some critics of Bayh-Dole
Act. In the final, the author will examines of Taiwan’s Science and Technology Basic
Law section 6.
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