IRIS DOD-SBIR database

This database collects and links U.S. federal funded awards to U.S. utility patents, and such patents to virtual patent marking (VPM) pages, in line with two related project: 3PFL and IPRoduct. Specifically, this database looks at awards provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) within the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) programs from 1984 to 2018.

The database is part of a project, IRIS - Insights on the "Real" Impact of Science. The project aims at assessing how public investment in research and development (R&D) translates into commercial products for the final consumer.

The database is composed of three main elements: awards; patents; and web pages. The database provides several information pieces. This has been possible by making use of several sources, that has been properly combined and further elaborated in a convenient way. Information about the awards comes from the Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS), for the years 1984--2001, and from USAspending.gov, for the years 2001--2018. Most information about the patents is provided by PatentsView, while specific information comes from the Patent Examination Research Dataset (PatEx) or from PATSTAT.