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FY 2006 Licensing Activity Survey
2006 U.S. and Canadian Licensing Activity Survey Summaries ^TM and Full Report ^TM — quantitative data and real-world examples about licensing activities at U.S. and Canadian universities, hospitals and research institutions.

AUTM Statistics Analysis for Tech Transfer (STATT) Access

STATT is AUTM’s latest statistical tool providing online access and searchability to more than 20 variables reported in the AUTM Licensing Survey since 1996. This one-stop-shop data warehouse allows you to search more than 10 years of statistical data, including variables most often cited in benchmarking.

STATT allows you to narrow your search using particular variables or institution names, as well as export the data into an Excel™ spreadsheet for further analysis.

The robust STATT database provides fast number-crunching ability for quick comparisons and analysis, saving significant time and effort over comparing year after year of printed Licensing Survey documents.

STATT was developed by the AUTM Metrics and Statistics Committee and is available to all current AUTM members free of charge.  Nonmembers may purchase an annual or monthly subscription to STATT.

STATT is supported, in part, by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The Better World Report

The objective of this ongoing communications program — which shares real-life stories from the files of AUTM — is to explain how transferring research and knowledge from academic institutions to the marketplace improves lives worldwide.

AUTM Technology Transfer Practice Manual, 3rd Edition - free to members

Two volumes of the 3^rd Edition of the AUTM Technology Transfer Practice Manual — Volume One: Laws and Regulations and Volume Two: Managing a Technology Transfer Office — are now available via an online subscription-only basis. These two completely updated volumes include more than 30 chapters and 40 links to real-world policies.

Institutions with more than 50 users should contact AUTM headquarters to receive institutional pricing options.  Not a member? Join AUTM and receive this member benefit!

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AUTM Technology Transfer Practice Manual, 2nd Edition
The AUTM Technology Transfer Practice Manual, 2nd Edition, is a comprehensive four-volume reference tool covering more than 40 subject areas.

AUTM 2006 Salary Survey
The 2006 edition is our second formal and most comprehensive survey. It includes information about U.S., Canada and other nations' office reporting structures, research budgets and salary information. The survey assesses 10 professional positions in 17 countries and 195 organizations. Data was collected in autumn of 2006.

AUTM 2004 Salary Survey
The AUTM Salary Survey assesses 10 common professional positions at more than 170 institutions around the world.

AUTM Educational Series
The AUTM Educational Series focuses on intellectual property matters of interest to a broad readership: technology transfer practitioners, researchers, inventors, faculty members and the general public. Intended for widespread distribution, this publication is priced for high-volume orders.

AUTM Journal

Twice per year, Tomorrow’s Technology Transfer, formerly the AUTM Journal, publishes high-quality, relevant features and research articles covering a wide-range of topics and a variety of perspectives. Available free to AUTM members, Tomorrow’s Technology Transfer is a must-read for technology transfer professionals at all levels.

Do you have a unique solution to an everyday problem? Or research findings crying out to be shared with the profession? Or maybe you just want to sound off about the current state of technology transfer affairs.

If so, we want to hear from you. Tomorrow’s Technology Transfer: The Journal of the Association of University Technology Managers is looking for articles for upcoming issues in 2009 that cover a multitude of topics and viewpoints. Tomorrow’s Technology Transfer seeks feature and research articles that are:

• Of general interest to the AUTM membership and AUTM constituents
• Timely and relevant
• Original and unpublished (exceptions may be made)
• Factually correct, well-researched and documented
• Representative of a variety of viewpoints, including but not limited to university, legal and industry perspectives

Articles—which should be approximately 500-750 words for feature articles and 1,500 – 3,500 words for research articles—are due Jan. 15 for the spring issue and June 15 for the fall issue. However, articles maybe submitted at any time.

Click here for submission guidelines

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AUTM Update

The AUTM Newsletter has been replaced with the bi-weekly AUTM Update.

FY 2005 Licensing Survey
2005 U.S. and Canadian Licensing Surveys Summaries^TM and Full Report— quantitative data and real-world examples about licensing activities at U.S. and Canadian universities, hospitals and research institutions.

FY 2004 Licensing Survey
Two-hundred thirty-two U.S. and Canadian organizations report that 635 new products were introduced in 2004, 462 startup companies were launched, and individuals — not institutional money — funded nearly 50 percent of all startups. FY 2004 also is the first year that AUTM has produced two completely separate reports for the U.S. and Canada.

FY 2003 Licensing Survey
For the first time, the FY 2003 Survey Summary includes separate sections for the U.S. and Canada, allowing for greater consideration of each country. The Survey Summary also features more product stories than ever before, highlighting 25 products based on research that reached major milestones in 2003. These stories go beyond the numbers to explain the history and public benefit of cutting-edge products.

FY 2002 Licensing Survey
This publication marks the twelfth year for which AUTM has collected data on licensing activities from its academic constituency. Two hundred and twenty-two (222) organizations responded to the Survey, an increase of 24 over 2001. Results indicate that 569 new commercial products were introduced to the marketplace in fiscal year 2002.

FY 2001 Licensing Survey
In its eleventh year, 198 organizations responded to the Survey and indicated that at least 358 new commercial products were introduced to the marketplace. Six hundred twenty-two (622) of the licenses went to 494 start-up companies.

FY 2000 Licensing Survey
One hundred ninety (190) U.S. and Canadian organizations responded to the 2000 Survey, indicating at least 347 new commercial products. Six hundred twenty-six (626) of the licenses went to 454 start-up companies created to develop and commercialize the results of academic research.

FY 1999 Licensing Survey
This publication marks the ninth year for AUTM collected data from 190 organizations, showing that at least 417 new products were introduced from 98 institutions this year. The licenses generated $40.9 billion in economic activity and supported 270,900 jobs in FY 1999.

FY 1998 Licensing Survey
This publication marks the eighth year for which AUTM has collected data on licensing activities, this year from 179 organizations. Fiscal Year 1998 results show that at least 385 new products were introduced this year.

FY 1997 Licensing Survey
This publication marks the seventh year AUTM has collected data on licensing activities and shows continued growth in activity from 175 organizations in essentially all parameters surveyed. This reflects the sustained effort of academic institutions to license the rights to their inventions to the commercial sector.

FY 1996 Licensing Survey
This sixth edition of the AUTM Licensing Survey, combined with the five-year report, provides a historical record of licensing-related parameters from FY 1991 - FY 1996 that are intended to measure the factors that influence the licensing process.

FY 1991 - 1995 Five Year Licensing Survey
This report is a milestone in the series of statistical surveys performed by AUTM. As a five-year comprehensive report, this volume contains data for the fifth consecutive year of data collection combined with information gathered over the previous four years. In addition, there is a more detailed presentation of data in various summaries intended to examine important results over the five-year time period and across groupings of institutions.

Directors' Kit
A resource for educating university administrators, legislators and others about the importance and benefits of academic technology transfer