公共投资对生物医学研究的应用价值
Danielle Li1, Pierre Azoulay2,3, Bhaven N Sampat3,4
1Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163, USA. dli@hbs.edu.
概括
公众对科学的投资,特别是美国国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 的投资,对专利产生了重大影响. 虽然直接专利并不常见,但NIH资助的研究文章经常为后续的专利发明提供信息,无论研究的重点是什么.
科学领域:
- 生物医学研究
- 科学政策
- 知识产权
背景情况:
- 关于公共科学投资的实际应用和经济回报存在长期的争论.
- 对于政策制定者来说,了解公共资助研究转化为商业创新的途径至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化公共研究投资,特别是美国国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 资助和随后的专利活动之间的联系.
- 区分NIH资助的研究对专利产生的直接和间接贡献.
主要方法:
- 在27年的时间里对与NIH授予的专利数据进行了大规模分析.
- 通过对专利研究文章的引用对直接的专利发明和间接的影响进行审查.
主要成果:
- 大约10%的NIH资助直接导致专利.
- 大约有30%的研究成果被引用在专利中,这表明它们有间接影响.
- 在授予的基本性与应用性之间没有发现显著的相关性,以及其在专利中被引用的可能性.
结论:
- 美国国家卫生研究院对专利的主要影响是间接的,通过引用已发表的文章而不是受助人的直接专利.
- 专注于直接的学术专利可能会忽视公共研究资金的更广泛的经济贡献.
- 基本和应用研究之间的区别并不能系统地预测NIH资助研究的专利引用影响.
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