Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 - Table 4-22. Federal technology transfer indicators and intellectual property measures, by selected U.S. agency: FY 2005

Table 4-22
Federal technology transfer indicators and intellectual property measures, by selected U.S. agency: FY 2005


Disclosures/patenting/licenses	DOE	DOD	NASA	NIH/FDA	USDA

Invention disclosures and patenting
Inventions disclosed	1,776	1,220	687	388	125
Patent applications filed	812	798	154	186	88
Patents issued	467	430	157	66	27
Invention licenses
Active invention licenses	1,535	406	345	NA	320
New invention licenses	198	60	90	313	33

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