Intellectual property pilot tries to cut excess R&D costs, encourage invention

By Rachel Cohen / October 21, 2016 at 10:05 AM
The Air Force has launched a pilot program aimed at identifying technology and products that need intellectual property protections and encouraging Air Force Research Laboratory employees to file invention notices. The pilot intends to look at patent licensing, opportunities to use technology-transfer agreements and strategies to transition the technology to warfighters, the Air Force said last month. Starting earlier this fall, Air Force IP attorney Chuck Figer spent about six weeks with the Human Language Technology program in the 711th...

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