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 AUTM
Releases University Licensing Survey
February 14, 2005
Reprinted from
SSTI Weekly Digest, a publication of the State
Science and Technology Institute
Firm starts down, growth slows for many other measures. Even with
record participation from 165 U.S. universities and 32 research
hospitals, the 13th annual licensing survey conducted by the Association
of University of Technology Managers (AUTM) reveals a 6.7 percent
drop in the number of start-up companies created with technology
licensed from the responding schools.
AUTM Licensing
Survey: FY 2003 provides information about licensing activities
at a record-high 197 U.S. and 38 Canadian universities, hospitals
and research institutions. The survey is presented in two separate
reports for U.S. and Canadian institutions for the first time.
In addition
to licenses and options executed, the survey tracks new commercial
products, new companies established, and royalty revenue.
The U.S. report
reveals continued growth in the academic technology transfer field.
Data from fiscal year 2003 shows U.S. establishments continue to
experience increased investment in such areas as research funding,
which was up 10.1 percent over the prior year. In FY 2003, U.S.
offices also experienced growth in invention disclosures (up 7.7
percent), patent applications (up 8.2 percent), and license income
(up 5.5 percent).
The results
indicate slower growth than in past years. AUTM suggests this is
due to difficult economic conditions or the maturing of the technology
transfer field.
New to the AUTM
survey summary for 2003 are 25 technology transfer success stories
in the U.S. and Canada. The 73-page summary, minus Canadian data,
is available for download at:
http://www.magnetmail.net/images/clients/Sher_AUTM/attach/FY03AUTMSurveySummary.pdf
Comprehensive
data for all 236 responding institutions also are available in Excel
format at:
http://www.magnetmail.net/images/clients/Sher_AUTM/attach/03AUTMSurveyData.xls
The full report
of the AUTM Licensing Survey: FY 2003 will be available for purchase
from AUTM at http://www.autm.net. More information regarding the
Canadian section of the survey summary will be available in the
coming months.
Go to the
Technology
Transfer section of Larta Institute's Research Archives
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