CPBR Intellectual Property and Commercialization Results as of 9/31/08
(372 Research Projects)
Patents Granted 129
Patents Pending 67
Disclosures 67
Start-Up Companies 5
Total Licenses 274
Total Currently Active Licenses 217
US Patents
Patents Graph CPBR funding has produced over 2.5 US patents per million dollars of Federal funding. This figure shows the effectiveness of the CPBR technology transfer process compared with the technology transfer processes used by US universities and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

*5 year (all disciplines) from latest AUTM Survey (2006)
**All patents available for license over 5 years from NREL website
Active Licenses/Inventions Commercialized
CPBR funding has resulted in over 2 active US licenses per million dollars of Federal funding. This figure shows CPBR-funded projects’ commercialization results as compared with US universities’ commercialization results.

*5 year average from 2006 AUTM Survey 		Patents Graph
Peer Reviewed Scientific Publications
Publications Graph CPBR funding has resulted in over 21 peer reviewed publications per million dollars of Federal funding. This figure shows CPBR-funded projects’ publication results as compared with US universities’ publication results.*

*5 year average of publications/$1MM federal funding to universities (NSF)
Comparative Percentages
  • CPBR-funded projects’ average US patent/federal $ rate is 1900% higher than the average US patent/federal $ rate of the 191 major US universities reporting.*
  • CPBR-funded projects’ average US patent/federal $ rate is 1000% higher than NREL’s patent/federal $ rate.**
  • CPBR-funded projects’ cumulative active license rate is 210% higher than major US universities’ cumulative active license rate.*
  • CPBR-funded projects’ publication/federal $ rate is 310% higher than US universities’ rate.*
*Association of University Technology Managers 2006 Survey
**NREL Website