Ten simple rules to commercialize scientific research

[...]in this Ten Simple Rules article we won't deal with the details, but instead will concentrate on some of the key issues to consider when working with, or before and after working with, a specialized office. There Is No Single Path To Commercialization Commercialization of scientific breakthroughs is something that has become more formalized in recent years thanks, in the United States at least, to the Bayh-Dole Act (legislation dealing with intellectual property arising from federal government-funded research) [4], with academia taking an active role in facilitating the translation of its intellectual capital into business.