[Article] The sciences Adjust Share A patent on knowledge By Wayne Biddle, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Endowment of research Endowments Exchanges of patents and technical information Harvard University Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research and development contracts Research grants More from Wayne Biddle The passion of the Rumsfeld Congress stages an ordeal by rubber stamp The world’s biggest tab Banqueting upon borrowing in the nation's capital As though truth were a fool Innovations in government fabrication Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > July 1981 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close