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AUTM Survey Shows Drop in Issued Patents

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) released its U.S. licensing survey for FY2008. According to a GenomeWeb Daily News report, a majority of the academic and research institutions that answered the survey indicated that they filed more patent applications and were involved in more start-ups during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. However, survey respondents also indicated that they secured fewer patents, entered into fewer licensing agreements, and saw the introduction of fewer new products during the survey period. With respect to application filings, the survey showed that respondents disclosed 20,115 inventions...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 10, 2010 (boomark / email).