Federal Patents, Licences and Royalties Survey, 2024/2025

The previous reference period for the Federal Patents, Licences and Royalties (FPLR) survey was 2021/2022. The survey provides information on the activities of federal government science-based departments and agencies related to new instances of intellectual property (IP) reported or disclosed, to the number of patents, and new and active licences, and to income received from IP commercialization.

The FPLR survey became the measurement tool for federal IP disclosures in 2013/2014, replacing the Federal Intellectual Property Management Survey. This change followed the revocation of the Award Plan for Inventors and Innovators Policy in 2010, which provided a framework for rewarding inventors and innovators in the federal public service whose IP was used or licensed by federal departments and agencies.

The survey has been redesigned for the 2024/2025 reference period following consultations with the survey's stakeholders, the 14 federal government science-based departments. The updated version offers a clearer snapshot of IP activity across federal departments and agencies while reducing respondent burden. Due to the redesign, caution should be taken when comparing results from previous years.

Data tables are available upon request.