Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve put together answers to help with the most commonly asked questions for the AUTM Licensing Activity Survey.

The report includes: 

  • A message from the AUTM Chair 

  • An Executive Summary of the Survey findings 

  • Specific data for one fiscal year from all participating institutions (excluding those that requested their data be confidential) including total research expenditures, disclosures, new patent applications, issued patents, total patent licenses, total copyright licenses, active licenses, gross licensing income, income from running royalties, and startups. 

  • A benchmarking table that includes comparisons for five key metrics, with peer groups based on research expenditures. (US report only)  

The institution-specific data that was formerly available as an Appendix is now part of the Licensing Survey report. 
You can also find the 2022 report in the AUTM Store.  
Yes! AUTM Members pay $50 for the Licensing Survey report, while the price for non-Members is $375. Learn more about Member benefits. You can also find the 2022 report in the AUTM Store.  
Contact Arlene de la Rosa to confirm your Member status. 
Make sure you are logged in to your account on the AUTM website. Click on your name at the top of the page. At the top of the menu that appears, click on MyAUTM. The report you purchased should appear under My Resources. Alternately, if you are logged in to your AUTM account, you can find your purchased reports by clicking here.
Make sure you are logged in to your account on the AUTM website. Click on your name at the top of the page. At the top of the menu that appears, click on MyAUTM, then click on View Purchase Receipts.
Yes. Click here to download any purchased Licensing Survey reports from MyAUTM. You can also copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database
Click here to see all of the Licensing Survey reports to which you have access. You can also copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database 
If your institution participated in the survey, do not try to access the report through the AUTM store. Make sure you are logged in to your AUTM account and that your account profile includes the name of your institution. Once logged in, click here to see all of the Licensing Survey reports to which you have access. Or, you can copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database . You can download any of those reports at any time. If you do not see the 2022 report, contact Kimberley VandenBrook for assistance.
If you are logged in to your AUTM account, simply click here to see all of the Licensing Survey reports to which you have access. You can also copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database  If you don’t see what you are looking for, contact Kimberley VandenBrook for assistance. 
We understand that accounting processes can be fluid and that your data may need updating. The Licensing Survey report will serve as a snapshot in time and will not be updated. However, you may provide us with updated data for the STATT database at any time. Click here to access the STATT database. You can also Copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database to access the STATT database.
Definitions of Survey terms can be found here
The Licensing Survey report is based on data that was submitted between February and May 2023. If any Survey participants have notified AUTM of updates to their data since the report was published, those new metrics will be available in the STATT database, which is the gold standard for AUTM Licensing Survey data. Click here to access the STATT database. Or you may copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database to access the STATT database.
The 2022 Licensing Survey report only includes data for fiscal year 2022. The best way is to track and compare data across multiple years, Click here to view the STATT database. Or you may copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database to view the statt database.
You can use the STATT database to customize peer comparisons based on any combination of more than 50 Survey metrics. Click here to view the STATT database. You can also copy this link: https://autm.net/surveys-and-tools/databases/statt/accessing-statt-database  to view the STATT database.
Yes! If your institution participated in the 2022 Licensing Survey, then anyone at your institution receives free access to both the US and Canadian reports, plus free access for one year to the STATT database, which includes 30+ years of searchable Licensing Survey data. Click here to access.