Sandia Labs FY21 LDRD Annual Report

FY21 ANNUAL REPORT

SHORT-TERM METRICS Intellectual Property Patents Number of U.S. and foreign patents issued in a given FY. FY17 FY18 FY19

FY20

FY21

Sandia Patents

157

148

159

131

120

LDRD-Supported* % Due to LDRD

86

76

76

67

63

55% 53% *LDRD-supported patents: Patents issued that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD. 51% 48% 51%

Copyrights Number of copyrights created in a given FY. FY17 FY18

FY19

FY20

FY21

Sandia Copyrights LDRD-Supported*

101

107

104

163

169

25

17

25

40

35

% Due to LDRD 21% *LDRD-supported copyrights: Copyrights issued that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD. 24% 15% 24% 24%

Invention Disclosures Number of declarations and initial records of an invention (a new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation). FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 Sandia Disclosures 296 260 252 320 309 LDRD-Supported* 125 112 102 121 123 % Due to LDRD 42% 43% 40% 37% 40% *LDRD-supported disclosures: Disclosures issued that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD.

Peer-reviewed Publications Number of peer-reviewed publications, as a function of publication year. FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

FY21*

Sandia Publications LDRD-Supported **

1251 293 23%

1170 363 31%

1399 366 26%

1299 343 26%

N/A N/A N/A

% Due to LDRD

*Sandia reports publications as a lagging metric, so FY20 data will be reported in FY21. **LDRD-supported publications: Publications that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD.

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