TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of the Conversion of U.S. Engineering Doctoral Dissertations into U.S. Patent Applications
AU - Davis, Angela R.
AU - Eyer, Vanessa
AU - Butkovich, Nancy J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Published with license by Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/4/2
Y1 - 2016/4/2
N2 - Doctoral dissertations approved in 2009 by U.S. graduate programs in aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, industrial, and mechanical engineering were examined to identify U.S. patent applications based on inventions described in those dissertations. Slightly over 8 percent of the studied dissertations yielded at least one patent application, although the percentage varied greatly among disciplines. This is important to librarians because they play key roles in the dissertation process from cataloging to educating graduate students and faculty about dissertations, patents, and the patenting process.
AB - Doctoral dissertations approved in 2009 by U.S. graduate programs in aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, industrial, and mechanical engineering were examined to identify U.S. patent applications based on inventions described in those dissertations. Slightly over 8 percent of the studied dissertations yielded at least one patent application, although the percentage varied greatly among disciplines. This is important to librarians because they play key roles in the dissertation process from cataloging to educating graduate students and faculty about dissertations, patents, and the patenting process.
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U2 - 10.1080/0194262X.2016.1156044
DO - 10.1080/0194262X.2016.1156044
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962349035
SN - 0194-262X
VL - 35
SP - 99
EP - 108
JO - Science and Technology Libraries
JF - Science and Technology Libraries
IS - 2
ER -