Table 1 Institutions engaged in intellectual property management

Table 2 Expenditures on intellectual property management

Table 3 Source of operational expenditures for intellectual property management

Table 4 Years of experience of technology transfer personnel

Table 5 Highest educational attainment of technology transfer personnel

Table 6 Legal services used for intellectual property matters by institutions with central offices engaged in intellectual property management

Table 7 Ownership policy of intellectual property created at the institution

Table 8 Value of research contracts by sponsor

Table 9 Value of research contracts by type of research

Table 10 Types of intellectual property protection engaged in

Table 11 Intellectual property resulting in protection activity and new intellectual property disclosed

Table 12 Patent status

Table 13 Patents held and commercialized

Table 14 Licenses and options

Table 15 Income received from intellectual property

Table 16 Spin-off companies, purpose and link to institution

Table 17 Year of incorporation of spin-off companies

Table 18 Dividends, equity disposition, remaining equity and venture capital investment of spin-off companies

Table 19 Regional differences in intellectual property commercialization, part 1

Table 20 Regional differences in intellectual property commercialization, part 2

Table 21 Spin-offs companies grouped by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)