Technology-Transfer Activity Increased Slightly in 2009, Group Reports

Although it will be months before the Association of University Technology Managers releases the actual data from its survey of patents and licensing by universities and other organizations in the 2009 fiscal year, a summary of the findings it issued today indicates that the number of licenses executed increased by more than 5 percent over the previous year while the number of new start-up companies based on academic inventions remained about the same. The summary was based on information from 153 American universities and 28 other organizations. The association expects to issue its full report on the 2009 year in December.