UCT R&I Highlights 2020-21 High res - Flipbook - Page 6
After the devastating runaway fire
on Table Mountain that gutted the
Jagger Reading Room in the UCT
Libraries, and the Special Collections
it housed, over 2 000 staff, students,
volunteers and international experts
came together in an extraordinary
salvage operation. Ten thousand
items are now in cold storage as
part of the rehabilitation process
for water-damaged materials, and
priceless items have been saved.
2020 CONTRACT RESEARCH
1 793
RESEARCH
CONTRACTS
SIGNED
RESEARCH
CONTRACT
VALUE
R2.18 bn
2020 INNOVATION
VALUE OF FOREIGN
RESEARCH
CONTRACTS
SIGNED
VALUE OF
LOCAL RESEARCH
CONTRACTS
SIGNED
R512 m
R1 .67 bn
IP PROTECTION
INVENTION
DISCLOSURES
27
PATENT
APPLICATIONS FILED
64
6
PATENTS
GRANTED
26
LICENCE INCOME
R2.1 m
27
SPIN-OFF
COMPANIES
TO DATE
2
NUMBER OF
SPIN-OFF
COMPANIES
STARTED IN
2020
EQUITY IN SPINOFF COMPANIES
LICENCE
AGREEMENTS
(OUTBOUND)
9
23*
*Includes option and assignment agreements
181
23%
Active IP
rights to date
active portfolio
commercialised
51%
relate to
human health
7
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