*Reliance of industry on university inventions has increased
**AUTM surveys show 7.1% growth in yearly inventions disclosure from 1994-1998 for 64 universities that responded every year
*Primary reason for more disclosures may be increased propensity for faculty to disclose, rather than change in research focus
*Universities becoming more receptive to industry contracts
**Suggests at least the possibility of learning by doing effects
====Data Sources====AUTM surveys show 7.1% growth in yearly inventions disclosure from 1994-1998 for 64 universities that responded every year ====Critiques==== ===='''Other Discoveries====literature'''
*On the role of patents and publications in the transfer process: Adams 1990, Henderson et al. 1998, and Jaffe et al. 1993