1. Introduction : the Ivory Tower and industrial innovation
2. Historical overview : American universities and technical progress in industry
3. University patent policies and university patenting before the Bayh-Dole Act
4. research corporation and university technology licensing, 1912-80
5. political history of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980
6. Bayh-Dole Act and patenting and licensing at the University of California, Stanford University, and Columbia University
7. effects of entry and experience on U.S. university patenting before and after the Bayh-Dole Act
8. What happens in university-industry technology transfer? Evidence from five case studies / Robert A. Lowe, David C. Mowery and Bhaven N. Sampat
