Most university tech transfer programs don&#x27;t make money. Typical power law, a handful of ideas (patents) generate the most revenue. I think having the ideas open and make consulting agreements to get them to work would a better model.<p>The same thing that &quot;productized&quot; research also got DARPA out of pure research. The Mansfield Amendment of 1973 and the <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bayh%E2%80%93Dole_Act" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bayh%E2%80%93Dole_Act</a> of 1980.