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Figure 1: Generalized Illustration of Technology Transfer and Commercialization Process at DOE National Laboratories and Universities
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Figure 2: Comprehensiveness of 13 DOE Laboratory and 13 University Exclusive License Templates Reviewed
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Figure 6: Process for Requesting a Department of Energy (DOE) Domestic Manufacturing Waiver
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- Date uploaded: 2024-08-16
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Figure 8: Percentage of the Effective Period before and after FDA Approval for NIH Licenses Associated with FDA-Approved Drugs
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- Date uploaded: 2021-02-01
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Figure 7: Examples of Unoccupied Office Spaces
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- Date uploaded: 2016-07-14
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Figure 1: Examples of the Types of Spaces Federal Entities Lease from Private Owners
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- Date uploaded: 2016-07-14
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Figure 5: Percentage of Selected Entities' Lease Files GAO Analyzed That Documented Alignment with Applicable Leading Government Practices for Leasing Federal Real Property
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- Date uploaded: 2016-07-14
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Figure 1: Examples of Intellectual Property Rights Contained in a Guitar
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- Date uploaded: 2020-10-01
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Figure 4: The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Coordinate at the Local Level, but Are Inconsistent
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- Date uploaded: 2020-10-01
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Figure 4: Number of Defendants in Patent Infringement Lawsuits by Technology Area, 2007 through 2015
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- Date uploaded: 2016-08-18
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Figure 2: Number of Patent Examiners in Eight U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Technology Centers GAO Reviewed, as of May 2015
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- Date uploaded: 2016-08-18
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Figure 3: Number of Defendants in Patent Infringement Suits by District Courts for Patent Suits, 2007 through 2015
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- Date uploaded: 2016-08-18
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Figure 3: Patents Disclosing Support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with Application Dates in Calendar Years 2012 through 2021
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- Date uploaded: 2023-05-17
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Figure 2: America Invents Act (AIA) Petitions Filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Fiscal Year 2012 to 2021
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- Date uploaded: 2023-10-25
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Figure 2: Critical minerals used in everyday life
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- Date uploaded: 2024-10-02
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Figure 3: Froth flotation
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Figure 4: Hydrometallurgy with chemical leaching
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Figure 7: Conventional evaporative process compared to direct lithium extraction
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Figure 1: Department of Defense (DOD) Entities Identified in Biomedical Patents Disclosing DOD Support with Application Dates in Fiscal Years 2014–2023
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- Date uploaded: 2024-10-01
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Figure 2: Example Third-Party Patent Litigation Funding Agreement
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- Date uploaded: 2024-12-18
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Figure 1: Examples of Patent Litigation Funding Arrangements
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Figure 3: Patent Litigation in District Courts Filed between Calendar Year 2014 and 2022 by Individual Inventors, Start-up Companies, and Universities
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USPTO Compliance Rates with Statutory Patentability Requirements
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- Date uploaded: 2025-06-06
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Figure 2: Challenges Cited by Patent Examiners
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