Impacts 1

 27    Discoveries and innovations disclosed with potential for development of 
         products for public benefit (15 invention pre-disclosures, 12 invention 
         disclosures);

26    Agreements executed executed to facilitate the transfer of materials to 
        research partners (MTA's);

55    Agreements executed to facilitate the exchange confidential information to 
        research & commercialization partners(CDA's & NDA's)

  3    Agreements executed to expand distribution of ECU publications throughout 
        the world;

  6    Agreements executed to facilitate ECU research and innovation;

  3    License agreements executed with research and commercialization partners; 

     $ 7,200  Funds made available through ECU's pilot Accelerator Award program for 
                   development of a new ECU invention;

    $90,374  License income generated by ECU inventions and innovations; 

 

Other Impacts

  3   ECU start-up companies established from ECU inventions (2 located in Greenville 
       and one in Chapel Hill);
19   Number of people employed by ECU start-up companies;

  5   Small business with licenses for development of products based on ECU inventions 
       and innovations.