ONTIS licenses patents for other federal agencies.

Includes the Defense Logistics Agency, the Defense Mapping Agency, and the National Security
Agency.

dAlthough it annually obligates substantial funds for intramural R&D, the National Science Foundation
did not file any patent applications between fiscal years 1981 and 1990.

Source: National Science Foundation. Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1988, 1989, and 1990 (NSF 90-306).

Appendix II

Energy's Government-Owned, Contractor-
Operated (GOCO) Laboratories Providing
Patenting and Licensing Data

Note: Contractors also operate Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory for
Energy. However, patenting and licensing data for these laboratories are included in Energy's totals
because, as naval nuclear propulsion laboratories, they are specifically excluded by the Patent and
Trademark Amendments of 1980, as amended, from retaining title to inventions they make.

*NTIS licenses patents for several federal agencies including Agriculture, Commerce, the National Security Agency in Defense, EPA, Interior, the Public Health Service in Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs. About $26 million, or 86 percent, of NTIS' licensing revenue was earned from nonexclusive licenses, including $22.6 million from AIDS test kit and hepatitis B vaccine licenses.

Includes data from 16 contractor-operated laboratories on patent applications filed, licenses granted, and license income. Data on patents issued to the laboratories were not available.

CData not available.

Source: GAO compilation of agency data.

Federal Patent and Licensing Activities for
Fiscal Years 1981-1990

Table III.2: Federal Agencies' Patent and Licensing Activities by Year (Fiscal Years 1981-90)
License income in thousands of dollars