2007 Fast Facts

Economic Impact:

• UW TechTransfer manages a total patent portfolio of over 2000 issued and pending patents filed in the U.S. and around the world.
  
  
• 235 companies have been started by UW students and faculty or with UW technology.
  
  
• $1.8 million in Technology Gap Innovation Funds (TGIF) have been awarded since the program was introduced in 2004. This joint program of UW TechTransfer and the Washington Research Foundation supports UW innovations that are commercially promising.
  
  
• In FY07, 501 researchers from 64 departments disclosed innovations to UW TechTransfer.
  
  
• UW innovators earned $6.2 million from their successful technologies in FY07.
  
  
• UW TechTransfer revenues contributed over $9 million to UW's Royalty Research Fund whose purpose is to advance new directions in research.



• In FY07, over 6,000 licenses were executed for academic no-charge software/content (34% over FY06). Through the UW TechTransfer portals (UW OpenDoor and Express Licenses), UW innovators make available academic licenses, open source software, freeware and data sets.