Carr (1992), through a series of in

Carr (1992), through a series of interviews with technology-transfer professionals in the U.S
government, defined a menu of best practices for technology transfer. The best practices were classified
under such factors as involvement of the science and technology staff, the capturing of intellectual
property, evaluating and patenting intellectual property, marketing laboratory techniques, preparing
technologies for commercialization, transferring technology locally, using technology-transfer
intermediaries, and technology-search organizations for technology transfer.