Technology Transfer Statistics

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES
(NIH, CDC, and FDA)¹

	Fiscal Year
Activity	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Invention Disclosures	352	320	370	292	320	331	303	237	285	253	251
New U.S. Patent Applications Filed²	147	135	153	196	205	294	184	124	190	124	143
Total U.S. Patent Applications Filed	300	303	358	301	284	342	246	180	265	185	204
Issued U.S. Patents	130	122	197	151	152	145	114	180	107	106	196
Executed Licenses³	198	180	222	275	285	328	329	342	359	334	332
NIH	-	-	-	-	-	298	298	313	328	320	301
Exclusive	-	-	-	-	-	73	61	79	74	68	47
Nonexclusive	-	-	-	-	-	225	237	234	254	252	254
CDC	-	-	-	-	-	30	31	29	31	14	31
Exclusive	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	0	4	1	0
Nonexclusive	-	-	-	-	-	27	28	29	27	13	31
Royalties ($ in millions)	$111.2	$116.6	$137.7	$147.1	$137.8	$135.6	$110.9	$78.2	$63.4	$122.3	$704.3

Executed CRADAs (NIH Only)	93	77	79	101	115	111	82	88	99	82	92
Standard	57	46	45	73	89	93	63	74	58	53	76
Material	36	31	34	28	26	18	19	14	29	12	15
C-RCA⁴	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	12	10	4
¹ FY 11 through FY 13, metrics reflect aggregated data of NIH and FDA. FY 14 through FY 16, metrics reflect aggregated data of NIH, FDA, and CDC. Starting in FY 17, metrics reflect aggregated data of NIH and CDC, only. For all metrics, there is an exception where it is denoted as NIH only. 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). ³Segmented data not available before FY 17 ⁴New CRADA type added in FY2020.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES
(NIH and FDA)

	Fiscal Year
Activity	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Invention Disclosures	400	403	388	367	419	402	353	340	351
New U.S. Patent Application Filed¹	196	199	186	173	178	176	156	147	181
Total U.S. Patent Applications Filed	382	396	347	309	354	3443	300	304	303
Issued U.S. Patents	86	122	66	93	117	88	110	134	131
Executed Licenses	209	276	313	254	264	259	215	226²	197
Royalties ($ in millions)	$53.7	$56.3	$98.2	$82.7	$87.7	$97.2	$91.2	$91.6	$96.9

Executed CRADAs (NIH Only)	84	87	80	51	44	72	77	66	68
Standard	36	43	39	22	23	33	33	39	40
Material	48	44	41	29	21	39	44	27	28

¹Patent 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). ²Starting in FY2010, the number does not include administrative amendments that modify executed license agreements to correct or clarify non-substantive terms or obligations.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES¹
(NIH and FDA)

	Fiscal Year
Activity	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Invention Disclosures	307	271	196	268	287	294	330	379	331
Patnent Applications	171	147	136	148	132	169	189	179	173
Issued Patents	96	100	127	152	171	163	120	99	88
Executed Licenses	151	160	184	208	215	204	188	200	231
Royalties ($ in millions)	$18.6	$19.4	$27.0	$35.7	$39.6	$44.6	$52.0	$46.1	$51.0

Executed CRADAs (NIH Only)	31	32	87	153	149	126	109	120	101
Standard	31	32	44	32	43	48	34	44	34
Material	NA	NA	43	121	106	78	75	76	67

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

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES¹
(NIH, CDC, and FDA)

	Fiscal Year
Activity	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Invention Disclosures	116	115	147	205	229	249	240	311	282
Patent Applications	66	84	89	136	202	208	202	224	193
Issued Patents	36	32	33	37	32	40	50	77	68
Executed Licenses	25	39	36	44	50	43	88	96	99
Royalties ($ in millions)	NA	NA	$4.2	$5.4	$4.8	$5.8	$13.3	$10.1	$13.5

Executed CRADAs (NIH Only)	1	4	10	20	42	32	26	30	41

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

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