Putting Technology to Work: Examples of Industry-Laboratory Cooperation Contributing to Our Nation's Economic Strength

摘要

The Nation's Federal laboratories are proving increasingly effective in contributing to our economy through technology transfer -- a term that covers a wide variety of cooperative relationships. Laboratory technologies, expertise, and mission program interests have formed the basis for many commercial innovations, some of which are described in the report. The document is a collection of examples from 31 laboratories representing 7 government agencies; it should be viewed as indicative of the full potential for industry-laboratory cooperation to contribute to our nation's economic strength.