News Release. The Impact Group Ranks Canada s Top Research Commercialization Organizations. Toronto, 24 June 2013

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1 News Release The Impact Group s Canada s Top Research Commercialization Organizations Toronto, 24 June 2013 Toronto consulting firm The Impact Group today released a report that ranks the activities and performance of Canada s top 33 public sector research and commercialization organizations. Included in the report is analysis of research commercialization at 28 universities, 2 university/hospital groupings and 4 hospitals/health authorities. The full report contains data for the following institutions: 1. BC Cancer Agency 2. Dalhousie U. 3. École de technologie supérieure 4. Innovate Calgary (University of Calgary) 5. Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal 6. Lakehead U. 7. McGill U. 8. McMaster U., Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton 9. Memorial U. 10. Queen's U. 11. Ryerson U. 12. Saint Mary's U. 13. Simon Fraser U. 14. St. Francis Xavier U. 15. St. Michael's Hospital 16. The Hospital for Sick Children 17. U. Montréal 18. Université de Sherbrooke 19. University Health Network 20. Université Laval 21. U. Alberta 22. U. British Columbia 23. U. Guelph 24. U. Manitoba 25. U. New Brunswick 26. U. Ottawa 27. U. Saskatchewan 28. U. Toronto 29. U. Victoria 30. U. Waterloo 31. Western, Lawson and Robarts 32. Wilfrid Laurier U. 33. York U. (Continued...) Page 1 of 12

2 Using 2011 data from the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), The Impact Group has ranked the 33 leading institutions across Canada that are in the business of research and technology commercialization, on 13 different indicators: Total research Number of invention disclosures received from their researchers Number of invention disclosures per $M of research Number of patent applications submitted by the institution Number of patent applications per $M of research Number of patents issued to the institution Number of patents issued per $M of research Number of licenses executed with end users Number of licenses executed per $M of research Cumulative active licenses Total licensing income per institution Average licensing income per active license Licensing income per $M of research Attached to this release is a table of the top 10 organizations in each category of commercialization indicator. (Continued...) Page 2 of 12

3 Report Highlights Total research Total sponsored research s of the 33 organizations included in the study were $5.8 billion. Number of invention disclosures received from researchers The institutions received a total of 1,813 invention disclosures from its researchers in 2011 The top institution - University of Toronto - received 192 invention disclosures The top health institution - University Health Network - received 102 invention disclosures Number of invention disclosures per $M of research On average, the institutions received 0.31 disclosures per $M of sponsored research they conducted The leading institution - University of Guelph - received 1.28 disclosures per $M of research The top health institution - University Health Network - received 0.39 disclosures per $M of research Number of patent applications submitted In total the institutions submitted 833 patent applications in 2011 The leading institution - Université de Montréal - applied for 122 patents The top health organization - BC Cancer Agency - applied for 22 patents Number of patent applications per $M of research For each $M of research funding the institutions on average applied for 0.14 patents École de technologie supérieure made 1.08 patent applications per $M of research BC Cancer Agency applied for 0.38 patents per $M of research Number of patents issued s received a total of 178 patents in 2011 University of Toronto received 22 of them BC Cancer Agency received 8 patents Number of patents issued per $M of research In total, institutions received patents per $M of research École de technologie supérieure received 0.19 patents per $M of research BC Cancer Agency received 0.14 patents per $M of research Page 3 of 12

4 Number of licenses executed with end users s executed a total of 571 licenses for their technologies in 2011 McMaster University and its partners accounted for 139 of the total The Hospital for Sick Children executed 37 licenses Number of licenses executed per $M of research In total, institutions executed licenses per $M of research funding McMaster University and its partners executed 0.49 patent licenses per $M of research Cumulative active licenses In total, institutions are managing 3,408 active licenses University of British Columbia was the top academic institution, managing 324 licenses The Hospital for Sick Children is managing 142 licenses Total licensing income per institution s received a total of $40.4 million for their licenses in 2011 Université de Sherbrooke received $9.9 million BC Cancer Agency received $650,000 Average licensing income per active license Average income received in 2011 for each patent licensed was $7,175 for 32 institutions 1 Memorial University received $91,340 per patent licensed Licensing income per $M of research Average licensing income per $M of research was $12,490 for the 33 institutions Université de Sherbrooke recorded an average of $78,330 of income per $M of research *** 1 The Hospital for Sick Children did not provide licensing income data. Page 4 of 12

5 Top Commercialization Organizations in Each Category Commercialization Indicator Total research Number of invention disclosures Number of invention disclosures per $M of research Number of patent applications Number of patent applications per $M of research Number of patents issued Number of patents issued per $M of research Number of licenses executed Number of licenses executed per $M of research Cumulative active licenses Total licensing income per institution Average licensing income per active license Licensing income per $M of research Top Organization University of British Columbia University of Toronto University of Guelph Université de Montréal École de technologie supérieure University of Toronto École de technologie supérieure McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton University of British Columbia Université de Sherbrooke Memorial University Université de Sherbrooke Copies of the full report containing full rankings with tables and charts can be ordered from The Impact Group ( Page 5 of 12

6 Additional ing Information Table 1. Total Research Expenditure 1 U. British Columbia 2 U. Alberta 3 U. Toronto (less hospitals) 4 Université de Montréal 5 McGill U. 6 McMaster U., Hamilton Health Sciences 7 Innovate Calgary 8 U. Ottawa 9 University Health Network 10 Université Laval Table 2. Number of Invention Disclosures Received From Researchers 1 U. Toronto 2 U. Guelph 3 U. British Columbia 4 Université de Montréal 5 University Health Network 6 McGill U. 7 U. Ottawa 8 Queen's U. 9 U. Alberta 10 Université Laval Page 6 of 12

7 Table 3. Number of Invention Disclosures per $M of Research Expenditure 1 U. Guelph 2 BC Cancer Agency 3 U. Victoria 4 Lakehead U. 5 Queen's U. 6 École de technologie supérieure 7 Ryerson U. 8 U. Toronto 9 Saint Mary's U. 10 St. Francis Xavier U. Table 4. Number of Patent Applications Filed 1 Université de Montréal 2 McGill U. 3 Université Laval 4 U. British Columbia 5 U. Alberta 6 Innovate Calgary 7 McMaster U., Hamilton Health Sciences 8 University Health Network 9 U. Toronto 10 U. Manitoba Page 7 of 12

8 Table 5. Number of Patents Issued 1 U. Toronto 2 Université de Montréal 3 U. British Columbia 4 McGill U. 5 Queen's U. 6 Western, Lawson and Robarts 7 U. Ottawa 8 U. Saskatchewan 9 BC Cancer Agency 10 Innovate Calgary Table 6. Patent Applications per $Million of Research Expenditure 1 École de technologie supérieure 2 BC Cancer Agency 3 Ryerson U. 4 Université de Montréal 5 Université Laval 6 Lakehead U. 7 Dalhousie U. 8 McGill U. 9 U. Manitoba 10 Simon Fraser U. Page 8 of 12

9 Table 7. Patents Issued per $M of Research Expenditure 1 École de technologie supérieure 2 BC Cancer Agency 3 Ryerson U. 4 Simon Fraser U. 5 U. Victoria 6 Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal 7 Queen's U. 8 U. Saskatchewan 9 U. Toronto 10 Université de Montréal Table 8. Licenses Executed With End Users 1 McMaster U., Hamilton Health Sciences 2 U. British Columbia 3 The Hospital for Sick Children 4 Université Laval 5 McGill U. 6 University Health Network 7 Université de Montréal 8 U. Alberta 9 U. Toronto 10 U. Saskatchewan Page 9 of 12

10 Table 9. Licenses Executed per $M of Research Expenditure 1 McMaster U., Hamilton Health Sciences 2 The Hospital for Sick Children 3 U. Guelph 4 Université Laval 5 Saint Mary's U. 6 U. New Brunswick 7 Memorial U. 8 U. Saskatchewan 9 University Health Network 10 BC Cancer Agency Table 10. Cumulative Active Licenses 1 U. British Columbia 2 U. Waterloo 3 Université de Sherbrooke 4 McMaster U., Hamilton Health Sciences 5 U. Alberta 6 U. Guelph 7 Innovate Calgary 8 U. Toronto 9 U. Saskatchewan 10 McGill U. Page 10 of 12

11 Table 11. Total Licensing Income by 1 Université de Sherbrooke 2 U. Saskatchewan 3 Innovate Calgary 4 Western, Lawson and Robarts 5 U. British Columbia 6 U. Guelph 7 Queen's U. 8 U. Manitoba 9 Simon Fraser U. 10 U. Alberta Table 12. Average Licensing Income per Active License 1 Memorial U. 2 Simon Fraser U. 3 St. Michael's Hospital 4 Université de Sherbrooke 5 U. Saskatchewan 6 BC Cancer Agency 7 Western, Lawson and Robarts 8 École de technologie supérieure 9 Innovate Calgary 10 Queen's U. Page 11 of 12

12 Table 13. Licensing Income per $M of Research Expenditure 1 Université de Sherbrooke 2 U. Saskatchewan 3 Simon Fraser U. 4 École de technologie supérieure 5 Innovate Calgary 6 Western, Lawson and Robarts 7 U. Guelph 8 BC Cancer Agency 9 U. Manitoba 10 Queen's U. *** Page 12 of 12