Physical Sciences Royalty Rates & Deal Terms Survey

Survey participation included academic institutions (34%), operating companies that ranged from big energy to start-up (39%), lawyers (16%), and other licensing organizations (11%).
Approximately 70% of the deals collected contained flat running royalties and most deals were entered by the licensor. About 75% of the deals were executed during 2008 or 2009 and 80% of the deals came from the chemicals and energy sectors.
Of those reported, approximately 40% of the deals estimated peak annual sales of less than $50 million, most deals involved commercialized or soon to be commercialized products/technologies and a majority of the deals were exclusive.

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Physical Sciences Royalty Rates & Deal Terms

Item Name	Posted By	Date Posted
2022 Phy Sciences Royalty Rate & Deal Terms Survey Link	Administration	9/23/2025
2010 CEEM Royalty Rate and Deal Terms Survey Link	Administration	7/31/2023
2010 CEEM Executive Summary PDF (74.92 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2/16/2016
2010 Survey Highlights Survey participation included academic institutions (34%), operating companies that ranged from big energy to start-up (39%), lawyers (16%), and other licensing organizations (11%). Approximately 70% of the deals collected contained flat running royalties and most deals were entered by the licensor. About 75% of the deals were executed during 2008 or 2009 and 80% of the deals came from the chemicals and energy sectors. Of those reported, approximately 40% of the deals estimated peak annual sales of less than $50 million, most deals involved commercialized or soon to be commercialized products/technologies and a majority of the deals were exclusive.

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