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  Going Public: an interesting look at - individually and in the aggregate - those 585+ firms which have achieved the status of being publicly traded
  Mergers and Acquisitions: examination of some of the deals and trends indicated from analysis of the 800+ M&A deals which have involved SBIR-STTR firms
  Venture Capital: trends and indicators from the tracking of those SBIR-STTR involved firms which have been in receipt of equity financing
NOTE: the focus in these connecting pages is not on "how-to". Rather the emphasis here is on collective analysis and to trend depiction.
Relevant Awardees Graphics: To see full size, click on graph

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  • Figure I: Tracking Total Patent Issuance by and US Academic Institutions 1983-2003
  • Figure II: Tracking patents issued to SBIR-STTR-involved firms against all U.S. patents and those issued to U.S. firms 1983-2003
  • Figure III: Percentage of SBIR-STTR involved firms actively patenting 1983-2003 - by State
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  • Figure IV: Distribution of SBIR- STTR Dollars to actively Patenting Awardees versus those without issued patents 1983-2004
  • Table I: Comparing the extent of SBIR-STTR activity among patenting awardees versus those holding no patents
  • Table II: Extent of Patent Issuance Activity among SBIR-STTR Involved Firms 1983-present
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    In the final analysis, SBIR-STTR must always be understood as a business development resource. The defined objective of the program
    • is NOT simply to push out the bounds of technical knowledge
    • but instead to move what is developed into the in-use condition collectively referred to as Phase III.
    In this part of the site, we address those indicators of "Phase III success" that are most commonly the ones referenced in presentations on SBIR. In fact, as discussed elsewhere on this site, the number of firms for whom these types of Phase III achievement is even an option is small - about 5 percent of all SBIR involved firms. However, aside from the sheer interest level, there is much to be learned from examining these high-flyers in some detail.
    With an annual funding commitment across all the participating agencies now having reached around $2 billion, a primary 'selling point' for being SBIR-STTR involved is access to those straight-to-the-bottom-line dollars. Less well understood is that, used properly, effective SBIR participation can be a major leveraging factor towards bringing additional funding into the firm.

    Particularly interesting in that regard, is that part of the Innovation Development Institute database development in which we track those SBIR-STTR involved firms which

    • Publicly Trade
    • have been part of the quite vigorous Merger &Acquisition activity of the passed several years
    • have successfully raised Venture Capital
    There is obviously significant overlap between these categories such that, in total, this population studied in such detail are only just over 1000 firms. By analyzing carefully what is happening to them, however, one can gain useful insight into the whole process of technology development in growth-oriented small firms -- by size, stag eof development, location, industry segment, background(s) of principals etc Further, while only handled in an overview manner here, particularly when set in the context of the larger economy, these analyses can give useful indication as to when, how and why effective SBIR-STTR participation can make a useful and important difference