The Promise of Science and Engineering:
An Investment in the Future

1996-1997 ANNUAL REPORT



Patents and Inventions Resulting From NSF Support

The Foundation received 310 invention disclosures in fiscal year 1996 and 286 invention disclosures in fiscal year 1997. Rights to these inventions were allocated in accordance with Chapter 18 of Title 35 of the United States Code, commonly called the "Bayh-Dole Act."