OTT Statistics

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NIH - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES
(NIH, CDC, and FDA)¹

	Fiscal Year
Activity	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Invention Disclosures	351	352	320	370	292	320	331	303	237
New U.S. Patent Applications Filed²	181	147	135	153	196	205	294	184	124
Total U.S. Patent Applications Filed	303	300	303	358	301	284	342	246	180
Issued U.S. Patents	131	130	122	197	151	152	145	114	180
Executed Licenses	197	198	180	222	275	285	328	329	342
Royalties ($ in millions)	$96.9	$111.2	$116.6	$137.7	$147.1	$137.8	$135.6	$110.9	$78.2

Executed CRADAs (NIH Only)	68	93	77	79	101	115	111	82	88
Standard	40	57	46	45	73	89	93	63	74
Material	28	36	31	34	28	26	18	19	14
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).

NIH - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES
(NIH and FDA)

	Fiscal Year
Activity	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Invention Disclosures	400	403	388	367	419	402	353	340
New U.S. Patent Applications Filed¹	196	199	186	173	178	176	156	147
Total U.S. Patent Applications Filed	382	396	347	309	354	343	300	304
Issued U.S. Patents	86	122	66	93	117	88	110	134
Executed Licenses	209	276	313	254	264	259	215	226²
Royalties ($ in millions)	$53.7	$56.3	$98.2	$82.7	$87.7	$97.2	$91.2	$91.6

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

¹ 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). ² Starting in FY 10, the number does not include administrative amendments that modify executed license agreements to correct or clarify non-substantive terms or obligations.

NIH - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES¹
(NIH and FDA)

	Fiscal Year
Activity	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	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.

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