Table 1. International Comparison of Intellectual Property Activity Australia Canada US UK 5-year 5-year 5-year 5-year 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 Ave. Ave. Ave. Ave. Number of Invention Disclosures per $US100m research 22.1 23.6 25.3 39.5 43.2 39.2 37.3 36.9 36.5 45.0 - 44.6 expenditure US Patents issued per $100m 1.8 2.0 1.8 4.0 5.3 3.7 8.1 8.8 7.7 10.0 - 9.0 research expenditure Number of LOAs Executed per 7.4 10.1 8.6 12.1 9.5 11.8 10 10.1 9.8 95 - 69.5 $US100m research expenditure Number of start-up companies 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.6 - 2.3 formed per $US100m research expenditure, Data from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's National Survey for Research Commercialisation 2013; Comparison sources: AUTM US and Canadian Licensing Activity Surveys, AUTM Statistics Access for Tech Transfer (STATT) Database, UK Higher Education - Business Community Interaction Survey.
Table 1. International Comparison of Intellectual Property Activity Australia Canada US UK 2012 2013 5-year Ave. 2012 2013 5-year Ave. 2012 2013 5-year Ave. 2012 2013 5-year Ave. Number of Invention Disclosures per $US100m research expenditure 22.1 23.6 25.3 39.5 43.2 39.2 37.3 36.9 36.5 45.0 - 44.6 US Patents issued per $100m research expenditure 1.8 2.0 1.8 4.0 5.3 3.7 8.1 8.8 7.7 10.0 - 9.0 Number of LOAs Executed per $US100m research expenditure 7.4 10.1 8.6 12.1 9.5 11.8 10 10.1 9.8 95 - 69.5 Number of start-up companies formed per $US100m research expenditure, 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.6 - 2.3 Data from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's National Survey for Research Commercialisation 2013; Comparison sources: AUTM US and Canadian Licensing Activity Surveys, AUTM Statistics Access for Tech Transfer (STATT) Database, UK Higher Education - Business Community Interaction Survey.
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