2016 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 2_91-2_103
The purpose of this study is to evaluate quantitatively the relationship between university patents and influence factors. The data about university patents and the data about indexes and activities of universities were collected and analyzed. As a result, multiple regression equations explaining numbers of patent applications per professor (including associate and assistant professor), numbers of owned patents per professor, numbers of patent licensing per professor and incomes of patent licensing per professor by 5, 4, 2 and 3 explanatory variables (The multiple coefficients of determination were respectively 76.9%, 74.9%, 44.1% and 48.2%.) were derived. The variables indicating industry-academia collaboration activities occupied the majority of the explanatory variables, and the variables indicating status of students, research activities and types of universities were partially selected. In order to increase university patents, it is necessary to promote industry-academia collaboration activities, and in addition it is expected to strengthen research activities and enhance graduate schools.
