http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/06/20/academic-patent-licensing-helps-drive-u-s-economy/id=84778/ To those that deride taxpayer funded research, the benefits are enormous, which is why we do it. So much of our technology today came about by discoveries done in federally funded institutes. Just some blurbs from this article. We get enormous benefits from this funding For those that say private companies should just do the research. They do, they spend 100x more to actually develop the early stage finding. Also, often times the potential benefits of a scientific discovery to make a product is not know when the research is started. THis is why basic research is important.
