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ventions arising from federally-supported research or de-
velopment; . . . to promote collaboration between commer-
cial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including uni-
versities; . . . to promote the commercialization and pub-
lic availability of inventions made in the United States by 
United States industry and labor; [and] to ensure that 
the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally-sup-
ported inventions to meet the needs of the Government 
and protect the public against nonuse or unreasonable 
use of inventions’’; 
Whereas the Congress finds that the policies and objectives 
of the Bayh-Dole Act have been achieved and that the 
patent law has played a critical role in stimulating tech-
nological advances and disclosing useful technical infor-
mation to the public; 
Whereas the Congress finds that federally-funded research at 
universities and Government laboratories and the part-
nerships between such nonprofit institutions and the pri-
vate sector play a critical role in developing the tech-
nologies that allow the United States to lead the world 
in innovation; and 
Whereas the Bayh-Dole Act and its subsequent amendments, 
which include the Trademark Clarification Act of 1984 
(Public Law 98–620), have played a vital role in enabling 
the United States to become renowned as the world lead-
er in scientific research, innovation, ingenuity, and col-
laborative research that involves institutions of higher 
education and the private sector: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate con-
curring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— 
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(1) the Bayh-Dole Act (Public Law 96–517) has 
made substantial contributions to the advancement of 
scientific and technological knowledge, fostered dramatic 
improvements in public health and safety, strengthened 
the higher education system in the United States, served 
as a catalyst for the development of new domestic indus-
tries that have created tens of thousands of new jobs for 
American citizens, strengthened States and local commu-
nities across the country, and benefitted the economic 
and trade policies of the United States; and 
(2) it is appropriate that the Congress reaffirm its 
commitment to the policies and objectives of the Bayh- 
Dole Act by acknowledging its contributions and com-
memorating the silver anniversary of its enactment. 
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House Calendar No. 162 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 319 
[Report No. 109–409] 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the 
successful and substantial contributions of the 
amendments to the patent and trademark laws 
that were enacted in 1980 (Public Law 96–517; 
commonly known as the ‘‘Bayh-Dole Act’’), on 
the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its enact-
ment. 
APRIL 5, 2006 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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