University licensing income rose slightly in 2011

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Universities in the United States derived modestly more income from research innovations they licensed in 2011 than they did in 2010, as the sputtering economy continued to constrain the market for startups and other investment, an annual survey by the Association of University Technology Managers has found.

The survey, to which 157 colleges and universities responded (along with several dozen hospitals and other research entities), also showed that the number of patents issued to the institutions rose by 6.9 percent, to 4,296 from 4,018, and that the number of startup companies that emerged from their research products stayed roughly constant, at 617 compared to 2010's 613.

As has been true for each of the past several years, Northwestern University brought in more licensing dollars from its research than did any other institution, at $191.5 million, with the University of California system a close second.

A table showing key data from the AUTM report can be found below. More information about the full report can be found on the association's website.

University Licensing Activity, 2011

Institution	2011 Research Expenditures	2011 Patents Issued	2011 Startups	2011 Licensing Income
Northwestern U.	$484,149,349	67	8	$191,541,162
U. of California System	5,418,601,941	343	58	182,049,620
Columbia U.	714,343,087	88	15	146,319,455
New York U.	430,752,000	64	9	142,202,157
Princeton U.	192,940,000	33	4	115,206,000
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT)	1,490,429,000	174	25	76,120,000
U. of Washington/Wash. Res. Fdn.	966,817,063	70	9	67,362,185
Stanford U.				66,797,246
U. of Texas System	2,546,669,877	156	20	65,359,377
U. of Wisconsin-Madison/WARF	1,111,641,832	156	4	57,730,000
Wake Forest U.	187,598,965	15	3	45,733,291
U. of Rochester	407,244,000	27	2	41,813,373
U. of Utah	410,305,757	47	19	37,054,745
U. of Massachusetts	586,708,000	64	1	35,048,951
U. of Florida	559,156,034	86	12	29,493,522
California Inst. of Technology	498,688,951	132	10	29,043,617
Mount Sinai School of Medicine	362,742,541	13	0	25,919,937
Duke U.	854,368,058	52	5	24,481,478
Institutions Submitting Confidentially	883,552,512	58	7	20,498,757
U. of Illinois Chicago Urbana	926,497,000	93	21	17,424,376
U. of Nebraska	368,331,834	23	5	16,752,176
Emory U.	496,433,864	16	6	15,899,109
U. of Michigan	1,236,510,624	87	11	15,608,697
Johns Hopkins U.	1,517,905,000	58	11	15,285,555
U. of Pennsylvania	940,218,000	68	8	14,397,705
Harvard U.	833,200,000	60	9	13,811,527
Research Foundation of State U. of New York	940,516,702	64	8	12,564,412
Louisiana State U. System	413,044,000	20	4	11,620,443
Iowa State U.	300,393,610	25	2	11,307,534
Indiana U. (ARTI)	454,075,880	18	7	11,125,616
U. of Minnesota	808,281,000	41	9	10,078,505
Vanderbilt U.	543,110,182	31	0	9,959,122
Baylor College of Medicine	373,381,000	12	2	9,925,000
Texas A&M U. System	705,720,000	18	4	9,264,041
U. of Houston	113,709,000	20	1	8,861,112
U. of Chicago/UCTech	405,833,199	20	3	8,673,127
Cornell U.	795,968,323	82	10	8,503,975
U. of Oregon	124,655,159	5	1	8,014,503
Georgetown U.	460,937,804	11	2	7,996,668
U. of Missouri all campuses	323,768,602	33	5	7,760,779
U. of Virginia Patent Fdn.	292,106,000	37	6	6,891,374
U. of Georgia	245,166,000	28	4	6,866,280
U. of Alabama-Birmingham Research Fdn.	503,698,000	12	5	6,676,056
Dartmouth College	129,009,772	21	2	6,474,957
Case Western Reserve U.	335,151,000	24	4	6,303,230
U. of Iowa Research Fdn.	443,893,000	31	2	6,284,927
Rutgers The State U. of NJ	473,159,000	30	8	5,978,693
Purdue Research Fdn.	600,477,000	57	7	5,836,669
Washington U. of St. Louis	617,646,000	26	2	5,371,218
U. of Southern California	604,000,000	52	6	5,301,725
North Carolina State U.	378,154,000	51	4	5,186,844
Carnegie Mellon U.	251,241,000	30	10	4,965,856
Loyola U. of Chicago	42,708,007	0	0	4,571,145
Albert Einstein College of Med/Yeshiva U.	183,514,082	14	1	4,356,987
Georgia Inst. of Technology	714,760,299	79	5	3,894,370
U. of Pittsburgh	801,236,000	37	2	3,880,594
U. of Colorado	790,000,000	37	11	3,870,111
Michigan State U.	356,765,036	38	1	3,615,627
Oregon State U.	228,814,000	9	2	3,542,646
Brigham Young U.	31,443,918	3	4	3,442,516
Tulane U.	147,716,395	5	3	3,208,650
U. of New Mexico/Sci. & Tech. Corp.	220,565,787	30	5	3,095,933
Penn State U.	804,789,000	37	5	2,947,261
U. of South Carolina	114,853,516	10	3	2,901,036
Tufts U.	167,580,282	16	2	2,446,595
U. of South Alabama	42,233,000	0	2	2,400,157
North Dakota State U.	134,063,862	14	2	1,930,120
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc.	247,777,462	26	1	1,815,665
Oklahoma State U.	190,925,888	7	1	1,691,535
Kansas State U. Research Fdn.	124,587,415	4	0	1,562,758
U. of Kentucky Research Fdn.	252,048,000	26	7	1,544,664
U. of North Carolina Chapel Hill	762,649,004	33	7	1,482,520
Florida State U.	206,964,109	36	4	1,467,981
Ohio State U.	823,125,558	30	6	1,420,007
Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Laboratory	1,076,699,823	13	1	1,404,556
U. of South Florida	400,679,000	91	8	1,390,871
U. of Tennessee	321,943,518	18	0	1,348,175
Colorado State U.	330,783,824	17	5	1,311,129
U. System of Maryland	1,065,903,428	77	6	1,299,608
South Dakota State U.	63,975,967	0	0	1,283,837
Temple U.	136,858,186	2	2	1,245,272
Virginia Commonwealth U.	207,756,000	10	2	1,229,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.	71,700,842	13	2	1,160,735
Boston U./Boston Medical Ctr.		15	2	1,081,568
Arizona State U.	355,214,540	18	10	1,059,372
U. of Miami	350,020,000	7	3	1,052,731
U. of Alabama in Huntsville	83,769,182	3	4	1,043,045
U. of Arizona	610,565,000	19	8	981,495
Clemson U.	91,969,027	22	2	937,274
U. of Arkansas Fayetteville	120,007,162	8	2	901,106
U. of Oklahoma All Campuses	170,568,209	31	3	852,177
Thomas Jefferson Univ	100,452,376	9	0	837,912
U. of Kansas	232,249,198	8	4	836,407
U. of Toledo	74,149,000	5	2	793,008
Utah State U.	174,167,000	9	3	775,112
U. of Connecticut	162,682,433	18		757,360
U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	84,206,000	15	2	735,841
Wayne State U.	257,207,000	13	4	727,113
Southern Illinois U.	36,261,292	5		677,204
Auburn U.	163,335,000	17	3	630,334
U. of Notre Dame	134,410,396	10	1	559,262
East Carolina U.	28,995,000	4	0	557,354
Washington State U. Research Fdn.	201,041,674	17	4	548,439
San Diego State U.	145,180,658	2	4	530,738
U. of Central Florida	109,189,000	76	2	500,966
Medical U. of South Carolina	201,076,102	7	2	431,242
U. of Cincinnati	249,918,470	12	3	431,104
Medical College of Wisconsin Research Fdn.	161,151,167	8	2	426,035
U. of New Hampshire	125,020,503	7	0	397,832
Kent State U.	27,455,000	10	2	360,037
Mississippi State U.	226,070,000	3	5	336,436
U. of Vermont	128,246,463	13	3	319,482
U. of Delaware	134,363,000		1	301,199
Michigan Technological U.	70,088,629	4	3	296,448
Drexel U.	114,859,517	24	2	292,827
U. of Idaho	96,228,831	6	0	289,990
U. of Hawaii	286,313,039	0	2	282,858
U. of Akron	69,593,449	10	2	278,648
U. of Mississippi	61,173,000	5		271,744
New Jersey Inst. of Technology	100,491,000	31	3	267,917
Rice U.	122,219,899	84	3	249,111
Montana State U.	102,767,291	8	0	227,342
U. of Louisville	197,438,000	13		154,809
West Virginia U.	103,599,977	4	0	148,531
Georgia Health Sciences U.	73,485,693	0	1	148,090
Miami U.	26,093,000	1	1	130,055
George Mason U.	91,556,982	29	4	123,372
Colorado School of Mines	46,700,070	4	2	120,000
U. of Nevada at Reno	89,740,000	9	0	117,000
U. of North Texas Health Science Ctr.	41,549,340	1	1	78,475
U. of Dayton Research Inst.	89,921,738	16	0	70,229
Portland State U.	64,800,000	4	0	69,281
Lehigh U.	43,584,269	5	0	63,310
U. of North Carolina at Greensboro	35,604,104	0	1	51,274
U. of South Dakota	34,000,000		0	50,000
Northern Arizona U.	30,785,000	0	0	42,684
Boston College	42,075,693	4	2	41,316
U. of Montana	63,857,146	3	0	34,155
Louisiana Tech U.	27,583,000	7	0	31,500
Northern Illinois U.	23,866,445	2	0	30,373
U. of North Carolina Charlotte	29,829,730	10	3	28,592
U. of Alaska	105,500,000	0	0	25,000
New Mexico State U.	119,795,451	2	1	21,982
Eastern Virginia Medical School	36,569,000	0	1	15,000
Florida International U.	84,162,535	3	0	12,351
U. of Alabama	53,633,000	3	0	8,593
Wright State U.	48,501	3	0	4,835
Bowling Green State U.	8,021,973	5	0	2,290
Boise State U.	24,204,099	7	0	500
Oregon Health & Science U.	334,499,983	12	3	0
Duquesne U.	15,243,000	5	1	0
Idaho State U.	18,195,432	0	0	0
U. of West Florida	15,538,928	0	0	0
Baylor U.	12,343,000		0	0
Totals	$55,074,821,326	4,296	617	$1,813,968,412