Purdue University Data Digest 2007-08

Research

Office of Technology Commercialization Activities¹ - West Lafayette Campus
(for Calendar Years 1997 through 2006)


Description	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005²	2006

Invention Disclosures	80	74	79	87	125	117	124	167	202	231
Copyright Disclosures	27	31	23	31	27	30	42	41	29	25
Total	107	105	102	118	152	147	166	208	231	256

Regular & Conversion Patent Applications (U.S.)	31	22	43	35	42	67	62	65	71	77
Provisional Patent Applications (U.S.)	30	36	38	36	67	89	92	95	109	150
Patents Issued (U.S.)	33	25	24	11	21	27	30	26	27	32
Licenses and Options	52	28	76	76	73	78	80	74	79	97
Royalty Income ($MM)	1.62	1.71	2.38	1.63	2.43	2.96	4.44	4.26	4.68	3.82
Number of Start-Up Companies	1	1	4	5	10	8	3	6	5	14
Equity Acquisitions Under Licenses	1		1	1	8		2	1	4	9
Number of Trask Innovation Awards	10	5	8	13	10	9	11	7	4	6
Trask Innovation Awards ($MM)	0.27	0.06	0.33	0.90	0.53	0.32	0.46	0.42	0.42	0.25

¹Includes data for all Purdue campuses. ²Data has been updated from the February 2006 Board of Trustees Report.