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United States Department of Energy
Inventions and Innovation Program
www.eere.energy.gov/inventions
While the Inventions and Innovation Program of the Office of Industrial Technology at the U.S. Department of Energy specifically targets energy-related inventions, the Inventions and Innovation Program also provides related links, news, program information, and announcements of interest to inventors and small businesses.
Small Business Innovation
Research Program (SBIR)
www.science.doe.gov/sbir/about/
www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/othersites/
Many federal agencies conduct SBIR programs to increase private sector commercialization of technology developed through Federal R&D, increase small business participation in Federal R&D, and improve the Federal Government's dissemination of information about the SBIR program. The U.S. Department of Energy's SBIR program funding totaled nearly $600 million over its first fifteen years, with an estimated budget for FY 2001 of $81 million.
Office of Law Enforcement
Technology Commercialization
www.oletc.org
OLETC, a program of the National Institute of Justice's Office of Science and Technology, assists in the commercialization of innovative technology for use by the law enforcement and corrections community. OLETC's primary objective is to bring research and private industry together to put affordable, market-driven technologies into the hands of law enforcement and corrections personnel. OLETC actively solicits manufacturers to commercialize technologies based on requirements identified by the Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and its Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Advisory Council as well as from law enforcement and corrections practitioners.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office maintains an extensive site that includes a database that enables online patent searches. You can also download patent application materials. For example, you'll find patent statistics and links to patent offices in other countries around the world. It also publishes news, announcements of public interest, a complete telephone directory, address listings for the PTO, and patent agents and attorneys registered with the PTO.
United States Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov
On its web site, the SBA provides specific contact information for its many local offices and resources, information on financing, starting a business, training opportunities, government contracting opportunities for small businesses, access to SCORE consulting, and many other useful things. One particularly useful area on the SBA web site is at the page for the Small Business Development Centers. You find listings for local offices (addresses and phones) as well as a set of links to online resources, tutorials, worksheets, and tips. Whether or not you live in the U.S., you will likely find the SBA site a useful stop for picking up information on starting, financing, or expanding your small business.
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
www.usa-canada.les.org
The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada) has a number of publications that may prove worthwhile in answering basic questions about intellectual property and licensing. LES also provides referral services to licensing professionals throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.int
WIPO is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to administering the international treaties that ensure that the rights of creators and owners of intellectual property are protected worldwide and that inventors and authors are, thus, recognized and rewarded for their ingenuity. The number of WIPO Member States now stands at 175, almost 90 percent of the world's countries. WIPO has an extensive site that provides links to Intellectual Property offices worldwide as well as to Patent Information Sources.
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