Abstract
This article reports the results of a national survey of patenting activity in UK universities carried out by Kathryn Packer and Andrew Webster as part of a wider project on patenting in the areas of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. The article seeks to explain the variation in the propensity for universities to patent, and their potential to generate significant income from these patents by reference to a number of factors, including research funding and industrial liaison staffing levels.
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