Table 5-32: Stage of development of licensed inventions by U.S. universities: 1998

Table 5-32

Stage of development of licensed inventions by U.S. universities: 1998

(Percent)

Stage of development	Invention disclosures

Proof of concept but no prototype	45.1
Prototype available but only lab scale	37.2
Some animal data available	26.7
Some clinical data available	9.5
Manufacturing feasibility known	15.3
Ready for practical commercial use	12.3

NOTES: Survey of patenting and licensing offices at 62 U.S. research universities. Sum of shares exceeds 100 percent because some respondents indicated more than one stage of development.

SOURCE: J. Thursby, R. Jensen, and M. Thursby, Objectives, characteristics and outcomes of university licensing: A survey of major U.S. universities, Journal of Technology Transfer 26:59–72, 2001.

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