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An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
tors that valuable intellectual property has been produced, such as patents. About 40 percent of projects led to at least one peer-reviewed publication, and about 20 percent of projects generated at least one successful patent application.
It is therefore appropriate to conclude that the NASA SBIR program is meeting all four of the congressional objectives.