Indicator 9.7
Number of Patents and Inventions, 1997-98 to 2007-08
UC research contributes to the economic prosperity of California. In fiscal year 2008, almost 1,500 new inventions were reported by researchers at UC campuses, more than four disclosures a day.
Fifty-five new start-up companies were formed in 2008 based on technology from UC campuses. The majority of these were in the medical area.
Four hundred and twenty four companies were started based on UC technology. Of these, approximately 30 are in the renewable/sustainable energy area.
Inventions reported are those reported to each of the 10 campuses' technology transfer office. Foreign patents are not reported here.
Additional information about UC's technology transfer programs is available at: http://www.ucop.edu/ott/genresources/documents/OTTRptFY08.pdf.
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Source: UCOP Office of Technology Transfer Annual Reports. The full reports can be found at http://www.ucop.edu/ott/genresources/annualrpts.html.
These are currently the most readily available and widely used indicators of research output related to technology transfer. There is an effort under way nationally and at UC to develop additional measures of technology transfer success that better reflect the important goal of fostering industry-university relationships,. As alternate metrics are developed they will be included in future accountability reports.
You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.