By the Numbers

In fiscal year 2009, the U.Va. Patent Foundation received 162 invention disclosures by U.Va. inventors representing the School of Medicine (with 101.7* disclosures), the School of Engineering and Applied Science (49.5), the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (9.0), the Office of the Vice President for Research (1.2) and the School of Nursing (0.7). Despite the tumultuous economy, the Patent Foundation advanced 57 such inventions to companies, bringing the discoveries a large step closer to the marketplace, and a record-breaking 25 U.S. patents were issued to U.Va. inventors.

Fiscal Year 2009 at a Glance

Inventions
162	Invention disclosures by U.Va. inventors
Patents
113	Provisional patent applications filed
46	U.S. applications** filed
25	U.S. patents issued
203	U.S. applications** pending
Copyrights
4	Copyrights registered to U.Va. authors
Deals
57	Total deals with companies and institutions

*All disclosure counts are rounded to the nearest tenth. Fractional disclosures represent disclosures made by multiple inventors across different schools or departments (e.g., a single disclosure shared equally by microbiology and chemistry faculty would contribute 0.5 toward each department's total).

**Includes U.S. designations in Patent Cooperation Treaty (international) patent applications

For more on the U.Va. Patent Foundation's FY09 performance, see the 2009 annual report (PDF).