Research income |
|
|
|
|
Research income (£ million) (1) |
436 |
351 |
361 |
364 |
Commercial research income (£ million) (2) |
55.7 |
53.6 |
61.1 |
61.4 |
Inventive output |
|
|
|
|
Inventions disclosed (3) |
296 |
310 |
332 |
376 |
Patent applications filed (4) |
66 |
73 |
68 |
77 |
Patents issued |
47 |
59 |
49 |
47 |
Active inventions in portfolio (5) |
1007 |
1021 |
1009 |
1026 |
Patent portfolio (6) |
394 |
404 |
405 |
435 |
Licensing performance |
|
|
|
|
New licences signed (7) |
39 |
39 |
46 |
43 |
Invention disclosures licensed |
60 |
48 |
86 |
63 |
Active licenses held (8) |
193 |
202 |
205 |
198 |
Licences generating income in the period (9) |
74 |
70 |
64 |
71 |
Royalties and fees income generated in the period (£ million) |
2.8 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
1.9 |
Startup formation |
|
|
|
|
IP startups formed |
8 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
Student-based startups formed |
18 |
16 |
23 |
41 |
Incubation performance |
|
|
|
|
Startups housed by university incubators |
18 |
13 |
9 |
19 |
Startups graduated from an incubator |
2 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
Active incubator graduate companies |
17 |
21 |
31 |
29 |
Startup investment |
|
|
|
|
Venture capital acquired by IP startups (£ million) |
363 |
114 |
123 |
88 |
Capital acquired by student-based startups (£ million) |
5.0 |
9.7 |
5.1 |
17.6 |
Startup performance |
|
|
|
|
IP startups still active |
74 |
70 |
76 |
79 |
Income from sale of shares in IP startups (£ million) |
1.9 |
1.6 |
6.6 |
1.6 |
Current turnover of all active IP startups (£ million) |
33.6 |
48.2 |
80.2 |
147.3 |
Jobs supported directly by IP startups |
814 |
1002 |
974 |
1273 |
Student startups still active (10) |
29 |
44 |
66 |
122 |
Current turnover of student startups (£ million) |
1.4 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
New full-time jobs created by student startups (10) |
89 |
51 |
40 |
64 |
Consultancy and technical services (11) |
|
|
|
|
Number of projects |
549 |
522 |
543 |
550 |
Consultancy Income (£ million) |
9.7 |
9.3 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
Number of companies supported |
408 |
414 |
412 |
405 |
Number of lead consultants |
287 |
289 |
284 |
287 |
Ratios |
|
|
|
|
Invention disclosures per £100 million of research income |
68 |
88 |
92 |
103 |
Patents filed per £100 million research income |
15 |
21 |
19 |
22 |
Patents issued per £100 million research income |
11 |
17 |
14 |
13 |
Licensing and realisation income : research income |
1.1% |
1.1% |
2.7% |
1.0% |
IP startups per £100 million research income |
1.8 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
Student startups / student population (full-time and part-time) |
0.11% |
0.09% |
0.18% |
0.22% |