Intellectual Property
Technology transfer is the sharing of knowledge and facilities among different entities, such as federal laboratories; industry; universities; federal, state, and local governments; and third-party intermediaries.
Overview
Intellectual property refers to creative works or ideas embodied in a form that can be shared or can enable others to recreate, emulate, or manufacture them. There are four ways to protect intellectual property: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
Inventions and patents cover any way of doing or making things—machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof—or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable.
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John Trifone
(301) 846-1122
jtrifone@ncifcrf.gov