Table 4-22 |
Federal technology transfer indicators and intellectual property measures, by selected U.S. agency: FY 2005 |
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Disclosures/patenting/licenses |
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DOE |
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DOD |
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NASA |
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NIH/FDA |
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USDA |
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Invention disclosures and patenting |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Inventions disclosed |
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1,776 |
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1,220 |
|
687 |
|
388 |
|
125 |
Patent applications filed |
|
812 |
|
798 |
|
154 |
|
186 |
|
88 |
Patents issued |
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467 |
|
430 |
|
157 |
|
66 |
|
27 |
Invention licenses |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Active invention licenses |
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1,535 |
|
406 |
|
345 |
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NA |
|
320 |
New invention licenses |
|
198 |
|
60 |
|
90 |
|
313 |
|
33 |
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NA = not available
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NIH/FDA = National Institutes of Health/Food and Drug Administration; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture
NOTE: NASA data for FY 2004.
SOURCES: USDA, FY 2006 Annual Reporting on Agency Technology Transfer (2006); DOD, Report to Congress on the activities of the DOD Office of Technology Transition (2006); DOE, Annual Report on Technology Transfer and Related Technology Partnering Activities at the National Laboratories and Other Facilities - Fiscal Year 2005 (2006); NASA, Annual Report on Technology Transfer, Programs, Plans, FY 2004 Activities and Achievements (2006); NIH, Office of Technology Transfer Activities, Statistical Tables (2006), http://www.ott.nih.gov/about_nih/statistics.html, accessed 28 February 2007. See appendix table 4-53. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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