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Statistics

NIH - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES
(NIH and FDA)
Fiscal Year 2003 to Fiscal Year 2007

ACTIVITY	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
Invention Disclosures¹	400	403	388	367	419
New U.S. Patent Applications Filed²	196	199	186	173	178
Total U.S. Patent Applications Filed³	382	396	347	309	354
Issued U.S. Patents	86	122	66	93	117
Executed Licenses⁴	209	276	313	254	264
Royalties ($ in millions)⁵	$53.7	$56.3	$98.2	$82.7	$87.7

Executed CRADAs (NIH Only)	84	87	80	51	44
Standard	36	43	39	22	23
Material	48	44	41	29	21

¹ Data reflect invention disclosures that include a government inventor.
² Patent applications include only the first U.S. patent application for a new disclosure filed in the reporting period (data include CIP filings but not Divisional applications).
³ Total patent applications filed during the reporting period regardless of type.
⁴ Data reflect licenses that were fully executed during the reporting period.
⁵ Royalty income reflects monies reconciled during the reporting period.

Additional technology transfer statistics are available from the U.S. Department of Commerce. These government-wide statistics use various methods of calculation. The reader is referred to the 2004 Report to the President and Congress under the Technology Transfer and Commercialization Act. http://www.technology.gov/reports/TechTrans/2004_Sum.pdf

NIH - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES¹
(NIH and FDA)
Fiscal Year 1995 to Fiscal Year 2002

ACTIVITY	FY 1995	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002
Invention Disclosures	271	196	268	287	294	330	379	331
Patent Applications	147	136	148	132	169	189	179	173
Issued Patents	100	127	152	171	163	120	99	88
Executed Licenses	160	184	208	215	204	188	200	231
Royalties ($ in millions)	$19.4	$27.0	$35.7	$39.6	$44.6	$52.0	$46.1	$51.0

Executed CRADAs (NIH Only)	32	87	153	149	126	109	120	101
Standard	32	44	32	43	48	34	44	34
Material	NA	43	121	106	78	75	76	67

¹ Historical data prior to introduction of automated tracking and analysis systems.

Prepared by the
Office of Technology Transfer
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
December 2004