The report presents more than 230 pages of detailed data, commentary and analysis based on information provided by 35 university technology transfer offices in the USA, the UK and Europe. The study presents highly detailed information on budgets, staffing, use of internal and external legal services, partnerships, marketing efforts, faculty relations, and many other issues of concern to directors of higher education technology transfer offices and those who cooperate with or oversee them in industry and academic administration.
Data in the study is broken out by geographic region, type of institution, enrollment of institution, size of technology transfer office and industry area that generates the most revenue for the office. Each participating technology transfer office fully completed a detailed questionnaire on staffing, salaries, budgets, legal services used internally and externally, public relations, marketing internally and externally, library services use,, and partnering activities, among other issues.