Facts & Figures
Carnegie Mellon University continually generates novel and important discoveries in science and technology. Our job at CTTEC is to ensure these technologies find their way from CMU labs to the marketplace.
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020-2016 | 2015-2011 | 2010-2006 |
| Income from Licensing ($M) | 24.1 | 7.8 | 32.2 | 31.1 | 13.9 | 69.9 | 43.2 | 32.3 |
| Invention Disclosures | 304 | 305 | 288 | 234 |
347 |
1,398 | 1,287 | 582 |
| Inventors Served | 699 | 721 | 663 | 547 | 639 | 2,783 | 2,127 | 1,819 |
| Number of Patent Applications Filed | 261 | 279 | 220 | 244 | 301 | 1,341 | 922 | 445 |
| Number of Patents Issued | 87 | 91 | 73 | 84 | 97 | 396 | 182 | 156 |
| Number of Licenses, Options and other Agreements | 173 | 168 | 169 | 233 | 202 | 1,037 | 812 | 531 |
| Number of New Spin-Off Companies Created | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 46 | 54 | 51 |
Notes:
1) Fiscal year starts July 1st and ends June 30th
2) These figures include innovations that are tracked by CTTEC. For student-led innovations, please contact Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship