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Mapping our Impact

University of Washington researchers make high-impact discoveries every day, ideas with the potential to become products and services that change lives. The first step on the journey from lab to market is to disclose the innovation to CoMotion. From there, our experts work with teams to develop IP protection strategies and identify paths to commercialization, such as launching a new business venture or licensing the technology to an existing company.

The breadth and diversity of discoveries disclosed to CoMotion over the years is staggering, a testament to the spirit of innovation that lives within every department, of every college or school, on all three UW campuses. Use the interactive visualization tools below to explore UW innovations, patent filings, and spinoffs, and see for yourself—innovation is everywhere at UW.

The numbers below were last updated on 4/01/2026.

10,376

Total Innovations

5,322

Total US Patent Filings

306

Total UW Spinoffs

*For the best viewing experience, please view the data visualizations below on a desktop device.

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UW Innovations Disclosed to CoMotion

Use the slider to filter by fiscal year or click on one of the college or school bars to break down innovations by department and geographical location.

Please note that UW innovations are often based on contributions from several innovators affiliated with different colleges, schools, and departments. The counts below reflect these unit-specific contributions and do not add up to the total number of UW innovations.

If you have difficulty with these visualizations, you can access the UW Innovations data in an alternative format.

Alternative format

The UW Innovations visualization is also available as an accessible table in the accordion below.

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UW Innovations
School Department Total Innovations
College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering 1283
College of Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering 1194
College of Engineering Bioengineering 1100
College of Engineering Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering 566
School of Medicine Biochemistry 528
College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry 518
School of Medicine Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 483
APL | Office of Research Applied Physics Laboratory 417
College of Engineering Materials Science & Engineering 386
School of Medicine Radiology 317
College of Engineering Chemical Engineering 286
School of Medicine Genome Sciences 222
School of Medicine Surgery 205
School of Medicine Microbiology 198
School of Medicine Neurological Surgery 193
School of Medicine DOM Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 172
School of Medicine Neurobiology and Biophysics 171
School of Medicine DOM Division of Hematology and Oncology 163
College of Engineering Aeronautics & Astronautics 157
School of Medicine Pharmacology 151
School of Medicine DOM Division of Medical Genetics 147
School of Medicine DOM Division of Cardiology 145
School of Medicine Urology 140
College of Arts and Sciences Physics 139
School of Medicine Pediatrics 134
School of Medicine Immunology 132
School of Medicine Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 130
College of Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering 116
School of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 110
School of Medicine Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 109
School of Medicine Ophthalmology 100
School of Medicine Rehabilitation Medicine 99
School of Medicine Molecular Biotechnology (historical, see Genome Sciences) 98
School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine 94
College of Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) 82
College of Arts and Sciences Biology 80
School of Medicine DOM Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition 79
College of the Environment School of Environmental and Forest Sciences 78
School of Medicine DOM Division of Gastroenterology 78
School of Medicine Neurology 78
School of Medicine DOM Division of General Internal Medicine 68
College of Education College of Education 63
School of Pharmacy Pharmaceutics 63
School of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 62
School of Medicine DOM Division of Nephrology 61
Information School (iSchool) Information School (iSchool) 57
College of Engineering Human Centered Design & Engineering 56
College of the Environment School of Oceanography 55
School of Pharmacy Medicinal Chemistry 51
School of Medicine DOM Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine 47
School of Nursing Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics 46
School of Medicine DOM Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 45
College of Arts and Sciences Psychology 43
School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy 43
Graduate School Molecular and Cellular Biology 41
School of Dentistry Oral Health Sciences 41
College of Arts and Sciences Applied Mathematics 39
School of Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology 39
School of Medicine Department of Global Health 38
School of Public Health Pathobiology (historical) 37
School of Medicine Dermatology 36
School of Medicine Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education 36
School of Medicine Emergency Medicine 36
School of Medicine Comparative Medicine 35
School of Medicine Radiation Oncology 34
College of Arts and Sciences Genetics (historical, see Genome Sciences) 30
UW Bothell UW Bothell Engineering & Mathematics 29
UW Tacoma UW Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology (SET) 29
School of Medicine DOM Division of Rheumatology 28
School of Medicine Orthopaedics (historical) 26
School of Dentistry Periodontics 25
CoMotion CoMotion 24
School of Public Health Epidemiology 24
School of Dentistry Restorative Dentistry 22
APL | Office of Research Washington National Primate Research Center 21
College of Arts and Sciences Statistics 20
College of Arts and Sciences Botany (historical, see Biology) 19
College of Arts and Sciences School of Art + Art History + Design 19
School of Nursing Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing 19
School of Public Health Biostatistics 18
School of Social Work School of Social Work 18
School of Medicine Family Medicine 16
Provost's Office UW Information Technology (UW-IT) 15
College of the Environment Earth and Space Sciences 13
School of Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry 13
College of Arts and Sciences Mathematics 12
UW Bothell UW Bothell Computing and Software Systems (CSS) 12
College of Arts and Sciences School of Music 11
College of Arts and Sciences Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) 11
School of Public Health Health Systems and Population Health 11
College of the Environment Atmospheric & Climate Science 10
School of Medicine UW Medicine Information Technology Services 10
UW Medicine UW Medical Center 10
College of Arts and Sciences Speech and Hearing Sciences (SPHSC) 9
School of Medicine Dean Of Medicine 9
College of Built Environments Architecture 8
Health Sciences Administration Institute on Human Development & Disability (IHDD) 8
College of Arts and Sciences Astronomy 7
College of the Environment School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences 7
Health Sciences Administration Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) 7
School of Dentistry Oral Medicine 7
School of Dentistry Orthodontics 7
College of Arts and Sciences Language Learning Center 6
College of Arts and Sciences Visual Communication Design 6
College of Arts and Sciences DXARTS: Digital Arts & Experimental Media 6
College of Built Environments Urban Design and Planning 6
Health Sciences Administration Health Sciences Academic Services and Facilities 6
UW Finance & Facilities Facilities Services 6
College of Arts and Sciences Anthropology 5
College of Arts and Sciences Linguistics 5
College of the Environment Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) 5
Michael G Foster School of Business Information Systems & Operations Management 5
Michael G Foster School of Business Consulting and Business Development Center 5
Michael G Foster School of Business Marketing and International Business 5
Office of the President Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) 5
School of Medicine School of Medicine Dean's Office 5
College of Arts and Sciences Zoology (historical, see Biology) 4
College of Arts and Sciences Dance 4
College of Built Environments Construction Management 4
School of Law School of Law 4
School of Nursing Dean's Office School of Nursing 4
Sociology Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) 4
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) Information Management 4
College of Arts and Sciences Center For Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) 3
College of Arts and Sciences Geography 3
College of Arts and Sciences Political Science 3
College of Arts and Sciences Asian Languages and Literature 3
College of Arts and Sciences Burke Museum 3
College of Built Environments Landscape Architecture 3
Finance, Planning & Budgeting Institutional Assessment & Evaluation 3
Harborview Medical Center Harborview Medical Center Clinical Support Services 3
Michael G Foster School of Business Management and Organization 3
Michael G Foster School of Business Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking 3
Provost's Office Undergraduate Academic Affairs 3
UW Tacoma UW Tacoma School of Education 3
UW Tacoma UW Tacoma School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (SIAS) 3
UW Tacoma UW Tacoma School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership 3
College of Arts and Sciences Geophysics (historical, see Earth and Space Sciences) 2
College of Arts and Sciences Communication 2
College of the Environment Friday Harbor Laboratories 2
Creative Communications Creative Communications 2
Graduate School Graduate School 2
Graduate School Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCI+D) 2
Harborview Medical Center Harborview Medical Center Clinical Engineering 2
Harborview Medical Center Harborview Medical Center Medical Director's Office 2
Health Sciences Administration Office of Animal Welfare 2
Health Sciences Administration UW Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) 2
Michael G Foster School of Business Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) 2
Provost's Office UW Office of Research 2
Provost's Office Academic and Student Affairs 2
School of Dentistry School of Dentistry, Office of Research 2
School of Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2
School of Medicine Nuclear Medicine (historical) 2
School of Medicine Bioethics and Humanities 2
UW Bothell UW Bothell Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences 2
UW Bothell UW Bothell Educational Studies 2
UW Bothell UW Bothell Academic Affairs 2
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) eScience Institute 2
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) Technology Management 2
College of Arts and Sciences Spanish and Portuguese Studies 1
College of Arts and Sciences Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies 1
College of Arts and Sciences Speech Communication (historical, see Communication) 1
College of Arts and Sciences Near Eastern Languages And Civilization (NECL) 1
College of Arts and Sciences German Studies 1
College of Arts and Sciences English 1
College of Engineering Nuclear Engineering (historical) 1
College of Engineering College of Engineering Dean Engineering 1
College of Engineering Collaboration Core 1
College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences (historical) Institution For Food Science and Technology (historical) 1
College of the Environment School of Marine and Environmental Affairs 1
Evans School of Public Policy and Governance Human Services Policy Center 1
Evans School of Public Policy and Governance Evans School of Public Policy and Governance 1
Harborview Medical Center Harborview Medical Center Operating Room 1
Housing and Food Services Housing and Food Services 1
Information School (iSchool) Library and Information Science 1
KUOW KUOW 1
Michael G Foster School of Business Accounting 1
School of Medicine Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation 1
School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education 1
University Advancement Advancement Services 1
University Libraries Health Sciences Library 1
UW Bothell UW Bothell Business 1
UW Bothell UW Bothell Biological Sciences 1
UW Finance & Facilities UW Compliance and Risk Services 1
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) Office of the Chief Information Security Officer 1
UW Libraries UW Libraries Special Collections 1
UW Medical Center Diabetes Institute 1
UW Medicine Patient and Family Education Services 1
UW Medicine UW Medical Center - Northwest 1
UW Tacoma UW Tacoma Advancement 1

Patent Filings Include PCT and Direct-to-US Applications

Use the slider to filter by fiscal year or click on one of the college or school bars to break down patent filings by department and geographical location.

Please note that US patent filings are often based on contributions from several innovators affiliated with different UW colleges, schools, and departments. The counts below reflect these unit-specific contributions and do not add up to the total number of US patent filings.

If you have difficulty with these visualizations, you can access the US Patent Filings data in an alternative format.

Alternative format

The US Patent Filings visualization is also available as an accessible table in the accordion below.

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US Patent Filings table
School Department Total US Patent Filings
College of Engineering Bioengineering 715
College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering 617
College of Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering 611
School of Medicine Biochemistry 440
College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry 400
School of Medicine Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 381
College of Engineering Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering 316
College of Engineering Materials Science & Engineering 222
College of Engineering Chemical Engineering 211
APL | Office of Research Applied Physics Laboratory 207
School of Medicine DOM Division of Hematology and Oncology 202
School of Medicine Radiology 151
School of Medicine Neurological Surgery 144
School of Medicine Microbiology 143
School of Medicine Pharmacology 134
School of Medicine Neurobiology and Biophysics 125
School of Medicine Genome Sciences 124
School of Medicine DOM Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 113
College of Arts and Sciences Physics 105
School of Medicine DOM Division of Medical Genetics 92
School of Medicine Ophthalmology 84
School of Medicine Urology 82
School of Medicine Molecular Biotechnology (historical, see Genome Sciences) 82
School of Medicine Surgery 80
School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine 77
School of Medicine Pediatrics 76
School of Medicine DOM Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition 69
School of Medicine DOM Division of Cardiology 67
School of Medicine DOM Division of Gastroenterology 66
School of Medicine Immunology 65
College of Engineering Aeronautics & Astronautics 57
School of Medicine Radiation Oncology 57
School of Public Health Pathobiology (historical) 49
College of Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) 48
School of Medicine Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 47
School of Medicine Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 47
College of Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering 45
School of Medicine DOM Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 39
School of Medicine Rehabilitation Medicine 36
School of Medicine Neurology 35
School of Medicine DOM Division of Rheumatology 32
School of Medicine DOM Division of Nephrology 30
School of Pharmacy Pharmaceutics 30
School of Medicine DOM Division of General Internal Medicine 29
Graduate School Molecular and Cellular Biology 26
School of Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology 26
College of the Environment School of Environmental and Forest Sciences 25
College of Arts and Sciences Botany (historical, see Biology) 24
College of Arts and Sciences Biology 24
School of Pharmacy Medicinal Chemistry 23
College of Arts and Sciences Genetics (historical, see Genome Sciences) 19
School of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 18
School of Medicine Emergency Medicine 17
School of Public Health Epidemiology 17
APL | Office of Research Washington National Primate Research Center 16
School of Dentistry Restorative Dentistry 16
School of Medicine Orthopaedics (historical) 16
College of Arts and Sciences Applied Mathematics 15
College of Arts and Sciences School of Art + Art History + Design 15
School of Dentistry Periodontics 15
School of Dentistry Oral Health Sciences 15
College of Arts and Sciences Statistics 14
College of Arts and Sciences Psychology 14
College of Arts and Sciences School of Music 14
School of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 14
College of the Environment School of Oceanography 13
School of Medicine DOM Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine 13
School of Medicine Dermatology 13
School of Medicine Comparative Medicine 11
UW Tacoma UW Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology (SET) 10
School of Nursing Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics 9
School of Medicine Department of Global Health 8
School of Medicine Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education 8
College of Engineering Human Centered Design & Engineering 7
Information School (iSchool) Information School (iSchool) 7
College of Arts and Sciences Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) 6
UW Bothell UW Bothell Engineering & Mathematics 6
College of the Environment School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences 5
CoMotion CoMotion 5
School of Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry 4
School of Medicine Dean Of Medicine 4
School of Public Health Biostatistics 4
College of the Environment Atmospheric & Climate Science 3
Health Sciences Administration Office of Animal Welfare 3
Michael G Foster School of Business Information Systems & Operations Management 3
College of Arts and Sciences Center For Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) 2
College of Arts and Sciences Speech and Hearing Sciences (SPHSC) 2
College of the Environment Friday Harbor Laboratories 2
College of the Environment Earth and Space Sciences 2
Office of the President Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) 2
School of Medicine Family Medicine 2
School of Nursing Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing 2
School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy 2
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) Information Management 2
College of Arts and Sciences DXARTS: Digital Arts & Experimental Media 1
College of Built Environments Urban Design and Planning 1
Health Sciences Administration Health Sciences Academic Services and Facilities 1
School of Dentistry Oral Medicine 1
School of Medicine UW Medicine Information Technology Services 1
School of Public Health Health Systems and Population Health 1
University Advancement Advancement Services 1
UW Bothell UW Bothell Computing and Software Systems (CSS) 1

Spinoffs Founded from UW Innovations

Use the slider to filter by fiscal year or click on one of the college or school bars to break down UW spinoffs by department or sector.

Please note that UW spinoffs are often based on contributions from several innovators affiliated with different colleges, schools, and departments. The counts below reflect these unit-specific contributions and do not add up to the total number of UW spinoffs.

If you have difficulty with these visualizations, you can access the UW Spinoffs data in an alternative format.

Alternative format

The UW Spinoffs visualization is also available as an accessible table in the accordion below.

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UW Spinoffs table
School Department Total UW Spinoffs
College of Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering 53
College of Engineering Bioengineering 51
College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering 42
School of Medicine Biochemistry 35
College of Engineering Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering 33
School of Medicine Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 27
College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry 25
School of Medicine Radiology 25
College of Engineering Materials Science & Engineering 23
APL | Office of Research Applied Physics Laboratory 20
School of Medicine Neurological Surgery 17
College of Engineering Chemical Engineering 15
School of Medicine DOM Division of Hematology and Oncology 14
School of Medicine Surgery 13
College of Engineering Aeronautics & Astronautics 11
School of Medicine DOM Division of Cardiology 11
School of Medicine Neurobiology and Biophysics 10
School of Medicine Microbiology 10
School of Medicine Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 9
School of Medicine Urology 8
School of Medicine Genome Sciences 8
College of Arts and Sciences School of Art + Art History + Design 7
School of Medicine Molecular Biotechnology (historical, see Genome Sciences) 7
College of Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering 6
School of Medicine DOM Division of Medical Genetics 6
School of Medicine Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 6
College of Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) 5
School of Medicine Neurology 5
School of Medicine DOM Division of Gastroenterology 5
School of Medicine Immunology 5
School of Medicine Ophthalmology 5
College of Arts and Sciences Physics 4
CoMotion CoMotion 4
School of Medicine Pediatrics 4
School of Pharmacy Pharmaceutics 4
College of Arts and Sciences Psychology 3
Information School (iSchool) Information School (iSchool) 3
School of Dentistry Periodontics 3
School of Medicine Radiation Oncology 3
School of Medicine Comparative Medicine 3
School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine 3
UW Bothell UW Bothell Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences 3
UW Tacoma UW Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology (SET) 3
College of Arts and Sciences Applied Mathematics 2
College of Arts and Sciences Visual Communication Design 2
College of Arts and Sciences Genetics (historical, see Genome Sciences) 2
College of Arts and Sciences Botany (historical, see Biology) 2
College of Engineering Human Centered Design & Engineering 2
College of the Environment School of Environmental and Forest Sciences 2
College of the Environment School of Oceanography 2
Graduate School Molecular and Cellular Biology 2
Michael G Foster School of Business Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) 2
School of Medicine Emergency Medicine 2
School of Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology 2
School of Medicine DOM Division of Nephrology 2
School of Medicine Rehabilitation Medicine 2
School of Medicine UW Medicine Information Technology Services 2
School of Medicine DOM Division of Rheumatology 2
School of Medicine DOM Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 2
School of Medicine DOM Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 2
School of Medicine Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education 2
School of Medicine Pharmacology 2
School of Pharmacy Medicinal Chemistry 2
School of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 2
UW Bothell UW Bothell Business 2
UW Bothell UW Bothell Computing and Software Systems (CSS) 2
UW Bothell UW Bothell Digital Future Lab 2
College of Arts and Sciences Astronomy 1
College of Arts and Sciences Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) 1
College of Arts and Sciences School of Music 1
College of Arts and Sciences Biology 1
College of Arts and Sciences Statistics 1
College of Built Environments Urban Design and Planning 1
College of Built Environments Architecture 1
College of Education College of Education 1
Health Sciences Administration Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) 1
Health Sciences Administration Office of Animal Welfare 1
Provost's Office UW Information Technology (UW-IT) 1
School of Dentistry Oral Medicine 1
School of Dentistry Oral Health Sciences 1
School of Dentistry Orthodontics 1
School of Dentistry Restorative Dentistry 1
School of Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry 1
School of Medicine Family Medicine 1
School of Medicine DOM Division of General Internal Medicine 1
School of Medicine School of Medicine Dean's Office 1
School of Medicine DOM Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition 1
School of Medicine Department of Global Health 1
School of Medicine Department of Medicine 1
School of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1
School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy 1
School of Public Health Health Systems and Population Health 1
School of Public Health Biostatistics 1
School of Public Health Pathobiology (historical) 1
School of Social Work School of Social Work 1
University Advancement Advancement Services 1