Note: The statistics in this article come from Sydney and NSW Universities who are in the mid range in terms of patent filing activity ahead of most US Universities but behind technology centres like Stanford and MIT. After visiting now two of Australia’s premiere Universities it is clear to me that there is a major opportunity here. Some stats first: With thousands of researchers and students at each campus and tens and often hundreds of millions invested in education how many projects are submitted for patent application: approx 100 per year. How many of these get provisional filings? 40-60 And how many get granted? About 15. 15 patents from hundreds if not thousands of great brains… WHAT A WASTE. If any of these researchers are like me at all they are capable of at least 10 provisional patent apps per person. So why isn't there thousands of provisional apps being filed? I hope to find out… but for now here is an idea to explore. Make provisional patent
Official Web site of Inventor Ric Richardson