Industry partners from small businesses
and startups to multinational companies
license LBNL technology and software to
commercialize for the marketplace.
Licensed technologies generate royalties for Berkeley
Lab. For inventions disclosed after September 30, 1997,
35% of the net income from royalties—after reimbursing
patenting costs or copyright registration fees—goes to
the inventors, 15% goes to the research division where the
invention originated, and 50% supports future lab research.
FY18 License Agreements*
Royalties: 4 Year Trend
*Some agreements include multiple technology or
software licenses
FY16
FY15
LICENSE TYPE:
FY17 FY18
$2,599,614 $2,545,680
Bailment 4
Invention License 5
Option 4
$2,995,865
$3,116,884
Software 162
Non-Disclosure Agreements are requested by lab researchers and / or potential industry partners
to protect information they may discuss. Material Transfer Agreements are required when Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory and its partners share research materials for evaluation.
FY18 Non-Disclosure Agreements
by Research Area
65
FY18 Material Transfer Agreements
by Research Area
21
133
1
7
15
24
TOTAL:
210
19
TOTAL:
236
18
17
15
33
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• •
• •
•
92
• •
• •
• •
•
Biosciences: 65
Computing Sciences: 15
Earth and Environmental Sciences: 18
Energy Sciences: 15
Energy Technologies: 92
Operations: 24
Physical Sciences: 7
6 1
Biosciences: 133
Computing Sciences: 1
Earth and Environmental Sciences: 6
Energy Sciences: 33
Energy Technologies: 17
Operations: 19
Physical Sciences: 1
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