Federal

• The Bayh-Dole Act, passed by Congress in 1980, created a uniform patent policy among the U.S. federal agencies that fund research in the non-profit and small business sectors. The Act provides recipients of federal research funds with the right to retain ownership of their patents with the underlying tenet that federally funded inventions should be licensed for commercial development in the public interest. This principle is reflected in virtually all university policies whether or not the invention is federally funded.

• Council on Governmental Relations Brochure (PDF)

Patent Searches:

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  
• MicroPatent
  
• Delphion Research Intel. Property Network
  
• Esp@cenet - European Patent Database
  
• Faxpat and Optipat
  
• Ade and Company Patent Links Page
  

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Information:

• Biospace
  
• BioView
  
• BioWorld Online
  
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
  
• Yahoo! Business to Business Pharmaceutical Listing
  
• NetSci’s Pharmaceutical Companies YellowPages
  
• Hoover’s Company Capsules: Pharmaceuticals
  
• BioPharmaLink
  
• Recombinant Capital
  

Library/Research Resources:

• Joyner Library
  
• William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library
  

Grant Resources:

• Community of Science – COS
  
• GrantsNet
  
• European Science Foundation
  
• Funders Online
  
• The Foundation Center
  

Internet Search Engines:

• Google
  
• AltaVista
  
• HotBot
• Go.com
  
• Excite
  
• Northern Light
  
• WebCrawler
  

Miscellaneous: