University of Michigan ranks 14th in tech transfer revenue

Tech transfer has become big business for universities, adding millions to a school's bottom line. Michigan had only one school crack the Top 20. Looks like our other institutions might want to take a look at what the top ten are doing that they're not.

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"2010 was a bit of a bounce-back year for U.S. technology transfer programs, as licensing income inched up 3 percent to $2.4 billion, compared with the prior year.

Still, that level of licensing income was a far cry from the halcyon days of 2008, when technology transfer programs reported $3.4 billion in licensing income, according to the latest annual survey from the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). 2010′s tally represented a 30-percent drop from 2008."

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