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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Toiling away for years in the basements of Harvard's buildings, famous professors and nameless graduate students often strive for that elusive sign of success: the patent...

Author: By Jake Brooks, | Title: Harvard Patent Income Steadily Rising | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

...patent means more than just the completion of research. A patent can mean money. And that is where Joyce Brinton, director of Harvard's Office for Trade and Technology Licensing (OTTL), comes...

Author: By Jake Brooks, | Title: Harvard Patent Income Steadily Rising | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

...find out about inventions that are being made by the faculty," Brinton says. "Once we hear about an invention and get a description, we evaluate if it is something we can get a patent for or if it has commercial application...

Author: By Jake Brooks, | Title: Harvard Patent Income Steadily Rising | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

Then Brinton's office begins the process of obtaining a patent and finding a good company to hold the patent's license, she says. After that happens, Harvard begins to earn royalties...

Author: By Jake Brooks, | Title: Harvard Patent Income Steadily Rising | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

...income from patent royalties has grown from $24,000 in 1980 to more than $5.7 million in fiscal year 1994, and continues to grow by between 20 and 30 percent per year, Brinton says...

Author: By Jake Brooks, | Title: Harvard Patent Income Steadily Rising | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

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