Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

Authority

• Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-480) USC 3701-3716a
• Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-517)
• Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-502)
• Executive Orders 12591 and 12618 (1987), Facilitating Access to Science and Technology
• Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-404)

Description

• A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is a legal agreement between a federal laboratory and a nonfederal partner, i.e., industry, academia, state and local government, to perform cooperative and mutually beneficial research and development.

  The federal lab may provide personnel, services, facilities, and equipment, but no funds.

  The nonfederal party may provide funds, personnel, services, facilities, and equipment.

Features/Characteristics

• The CRADA provides for the protection of company proprietary information.

  Certain data resulting from the work can be protected for up to five years.

  The R&D must be mission-oriented.

I.P. and Resource Commitment

• Nonfederal partner has the option of acquiring an exclusive license for a pre-negotiated field of use for a subject invention developed under the CRADA.

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