Licensing Technologies
Cardiff University (CU) has a strong track record of successful exploitation of intellectual property developed from its research base. Licensing and royalty agreements — which enable businesses to use Cardiff research commercially — bring enormous benefits to a range of companies and often results in the establishment of joint ventures and new company formation. In 2006-2007 the University received an approximate licensing income of £1.5M and was ranked in the top 7 UK universities for licensing income. University inventors are rewarded for the successful licensing of University technology via the University’s royalty distribution scheme - for more information see the
| Net Revenue | Inventor(s) | School | University |
| £1 - £2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| £2,001 - £42,000 | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| £42,001 - £200,000 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| >£200,000 | 30% | 35% | 35% |
Examples of recent successes can be found on the latest ventures page.