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November 12, 2001

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CONTENTS

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Intellectual Property Rights Committee meeting in Palo Alto, CA on January 9-10, 2001
Contact Craig Schultz at cschultz@nas.edu

STEP Board meeting in Palo Alto, CA on January 10-11, 2001
Contact Craig Schultz at cschultz@nas.edu

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NEW & FORTHCOMING RELEASES

The final report of "Trends in Federal Support of Research and Graduate Education" is available from National Academy Press at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10162.html Congressional and government offices can obtain the report from NAS' Office of Congressional & Government Affairs (202-334-1601). The report updates and extends STEP's 1999 study on trends in federal research funding, showing a shift has been occurring in the composition of the federal research portfolio that is affecting both the allocation of resources by research field and the supply of human resources.

"Capitalizing on New Needs and New Opportunities: Government-Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Information Technologies" - FORTHCOMING, expected release by the end of 2001.

"Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy: Summary of a Workshop" - FORTHCOMING, expected release early 2002.

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PROJECT NEWS

Intellectual Property Rights Papers, powerpoint presentations, and the conference transcript from the October 22, 2001conference on New Research on the Operation of the Patent System are available at http://www.nationalacademies.org/ipr .

Comment on the papers at Academy's IP website at http://ip.nationalacademies.org . Select ip-discuss.

Audio files with embedded powerpoint presentations from STEP's February 2000 conference on Intellectual Property Rights: How Far Should They Be Extended? now available at http://www.nationalacademies.org/ipr . Select Agenda with Speakers Presentations. Speaker names on the agenda are linked to the audio/powerpoints.

Counter-terrorism

The STEP Board is in the process of developing a new study on Facilitating New Technologies to Counter Terrorism. The proposed study would look at whether the modification of certain policies (intellectual property protection, safety and health regulations, technical standards, procurement, and government-industry partnering arrangements, among others) may facilitate or inhibit private sector development of technologies and products for national security and commercial markets. This activity is subject to the approval of the National Research Council's Governing Board, but in the interim comments and suggestions are welcome.

Contact Craig Schultz at cschultz@nas.edu
Study Link

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