In his recent Washington Post article “Innovation’s golden opportunity” Vivek Wadhwa opines that the translation of university research into useful products benefitting the taxpaying American public has largely failed. I respectfully disagree.
Mr. Wadha writes that if universities were a business, they would be bankrupt based on the return on investment represented by income from patent licensing. He speculates that results would be much greater if university technology transfer offices were abandoned with each campus researcher turned loose to fend for themselves in the marketplace. The first observation misses the point. The second wrecks a proven system that is a model for the world in favor of a dubious theory.
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Author: Robin Rasor
