Joseph P. Allen - President, Joseph Allen and Associates -

Joe Allen is a 30-year veteran of national efforts to foster public/private sector commercialization partnerships. He created the consulting firm Joseph Allen and Associates in 2008 to further these efforts. Joe served as a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee with former Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN). Allen was the key staffer securing passage of the Bayh-Dole Act opening up collaborations between our research universities and U.S. industry. The Economist Technology Quarterly called this law "possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half century."

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Papers

•      Joe Allen's Introduction Part 1 - Documents associated with the bill's first introduction in September 1978.



•      Joe Allen's Introduction Part 2 - Documents related to the reintroduction, by Senator Bayh, of the bill in the 96th Congress (1979-80).



•      Joe Allen's Introduction Part 3 - Papers related to the second hearing on Bayh-Dole Act and its passage by the Senate Judiciary Committee.



•      Joe Allen's Introduction Part 4 - Documents related to the fight over amending of S. 414 and trying to get the bill passed before the adjourned.



•     Joe Allen's Staff Memos - from Senator Bayh's Papers from University of Indiana.

This project has the support of The Association of University Technology Managers and is a companion site to: Bayh-Dole 30 , a site that provides links to articles and videos on the Act, its history, current news and more. The site includes examples of technologies and products that originated from federally funded university discoveries.