| Table 3-14 |
| Patenting indicators for employed U.S.-trained SEH doctorate holders, by field of doctorate: 2003–08 |
| |
| Indicator |
|
All
fields |
Biological
sciences |
Computer/
information sciences |
Mathematics/
statistics |
Physical sciences |
Psychology |
Social sciences |
Engineering |
Health |
| |
| Employed U.S.
SEH doctorates |
|
651,168 |
163,981 |
16,152 |
30,035 |
115,376 |
99,157 |
81,596 |
115,994 |
28,878 |
| Patent applicants |
|
105,196 |
26,159 |
4,780 |
2,034 |
30,621 |
1,010 |
591 |
38,368 |
1,632 |
| Patent activity rate (%) |
|
16.2 |
17.2 |
15.1 |
5.4 |
25.0 |
1.0 |
8.0 |
38.6 |
6.7 |
| Patent grantees |
|
73,169 |
16,905 |
3,064 |
1,367 |
22,664 |
677 |
343 |
27,047 |
1,099 |
| Patent commercializers |
|
40,365 |
7,779 |
1,787 |
692 |
12,256 |
349 |
255 |
16,593 |
653 |
| Grantee's commercialization
success rate (%) |
|
55.2 |
46.0 |
58.3 |
50.6 |
54.1 |
51.6 |
74.3 |
61.3 |
59.4 |
| Average number |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Applications |
|
5.18 |
3.63 |
5.08 |
4.89 |
5.87 |
2.35 |
3.56 |
5.91 |
2.82 |
| Patents granted |
|
2.92 |
1.77 |
2.45 |
2.66 |
3.57 |
1.38 |
1.24 |
3.40 |
1.32 |
| Commercialized products,
processes, or licenses |
|
1.16 |
0.69 |
1.49 |
1.06 |
1.14 |
0.66 |
0.79 |
1.50 |
0.69 |
| Number of patents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Applied for |
|
545,058 |
95,080 |
24,312 |
9,940 |
179,737 |
2,378 |
2,113 |
227,002 |
4,609 |
| Granted |
|
307,583 |
46,199 |
11,682 |
5,405 |
109,389 |
1,395 |
729 |
130,686 |
2,160 |
| Commercialized |
|
122,182 |
18,055 |
7,114 |
2,147 |
34,914 |
673 |
464 |
57,700 |
1,131 |
| Patent commercialization
success rate (%) |
|
39.7 |
39.1 |
60.9 |
39.7 |
31.9 |
48.2 |
63.6 |
43.9 |
52.4 |
| |
SEH = science, engineering, and health
NOTES: Patenting indicators include activities between October 2003 and October 2008. Patenting indicators defined in Morgan R, Kruytbosch C, Kannankutty N, Patenting and invention activity of U.S. scientists and engineers in the academic sector: Comparisons to industry, Journal of Technology Transfer 26:173–83 (2001). Biological sciences includes agricultural and environmental life sciences.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (2008), http://sestat.nsf.gov.
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