Sandia National Labs FY20 LDRD Annual Report

FY20 ANNUAL REPORT

SHORT-TERM METRICS Intellectual Property Patents Number of U.S. and foreign patents issued in a given FY. LDRD-supported patents: Patents issued that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD.

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

FY20

Sandia Patents LDRD-Supported % Due to LDRD

139

157

148

159

131

75

86

76

76

67

54%

55%

51%

48%

51%

Copyrights Number of copyrights created in a given FY. LDRD-supported copyrights: Copyrights issued that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD.

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

FY20

Sandia Copyrights LDRD-Supported

145

101

107

104

163

31

25

17

25

40

% Due to LDRD

21%

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). LDRD-supported disclosures: Disclosures issued that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD.

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

FY20

Sandia Disclosures LDRD-Supported

310 135 44%

296 125 42%

260 112 43%

252 102 40%

320 121 37%

% Due to LDRD

Peer-reviewed Publications Number of peer-reviewed publications, as a function of publication year. LDRD-supported publications: Publications that would not exist if not for initial work funded by LDRD.

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

FY20*

Sandia Publications LDRD-Supported

1064 291 27%

1251 293 23%

1170 363 31%

1399 366 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.

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