| Also see our IP valuation tool | Category | Surveys | Average Royalty | | Accessories | 1 | 8.9% | | Aerospace | 3 | 4.0% | | Apparel | 3 | 6.8% | | Automotive | 8 | 3.3% | | Baby Goods | 1 | 6.0% | | Baked Goods | 1 | 5.2% | | Books - Softcover | 1 | 7.5% | | Books - Hardcover | 1 | 10.0% | | Building & Construction | 1 | 5.6% | | Business Services | 1 | 11.9% | | Chemicals | 7 | 4.3% | | Child related | 1 | 6.3% | | Computers | 6 | 4.6% | | Consumer Goods | 3 | 4.8% | | Domestics | 1 | 7.3% | | Education Related | 1 | 8.3% | | Electronics | 9 | 5.1% | | Energy & Environment | 4 | 8.0% | | Entertainment | 1 | 15.5% | | Diagnostics | 1 | 3.5% | | Distribution | 1 | 5.2% | | Fast Food | 1 | 5.1% | | Food | 7 | 4.4% | | Footwear | 1 | 10.0% | | Franchises | 1 | 5.0% | | Furniture / Home Furnishes | 1 | 7.0% | | Government / University | 2 | 7.1% | | Healthcare Products / Equipment | 7 | 6.4% | | Hospitality / Leisure | 2 | 4.5% | | Housewares | 1 | 7.0% | | Industrial Products | 1 | 6.4% | | Internet | 2 | 8.2% | | General Manufacturing | 2 | 6.4% | | Machine/Tools | 5 | 4.8% | | Maintenance Services | 1 | 6.9% | | Media & Entertainment | 2 | 6.5% | | Music / Video | 1 | 7.0% | | Medical Equipment | 1 | 4.0% | | Novelties / Gifts | 1 | 8.3% | | Personnel Services | 1 | 12.5% | | Pharmaceuticals / Drugs | 6 | 7.5% | | Pre-Clinical | 1 | 3.0% | | Phase I | 1 | 7.5% | | Phase II | 1 | 11.5% | | Phase II | 1 | 15.0% | | Launched | 1 | 20.0% | | Research Reagents (e.g. expression vector, cell culture, media supplements) | 1 | 3.0% | | Diagnostic Products (e.g. monoclonal antibodies, DNA probes) | 1 | 3.0% | | Therapeutic Products (e.g. monoclonal antibodies, cloned factors) | 1 | 7.5% | | Vaccines | 1 | 7.5% | | Animal Health Products | 1 | 4.5% | | Plant/Agriculture Products | 1 | 4.0% | | Printing | 1 | 5.4% | | Publishing | 1 | 10.6% | | Biotechnology | 1 | 7.0% | | Pharma & Biotech | 3 | 5.0% | | Real Estate | 1 | 7.4% | | Restaurants | 1 | 4.6% | | Retail | 1 | 6.1% | | Semiconductors | 4 | 3.7% | | Services | 2 | 5.9% | | Software | 6 | 9.6% | | Sporting Goods | 2 | 7.7% | | Stationery / Paper | 1 | 10.0% | | Telecom / Communications | 3 | 5.8% | | Toys & Games | 3 | 9.7% | | Travel | 1 | 5.6% | | Trademarks and Copyright | 1 | 10.6% | | Greeting Cards & Giftwrap | 1 | 3.5% | | Household Items (cups, sheets, towels) | 1 | 5.5% | | Fabrics & Apparel | 1 | 6.0% | | Posters & Prints | 1 | 10.0% | | Toys & Dolls | 1 | 5.5% |
Compiled using our database of 42 royalty surveys. Please note that royalties may be spread over a range from 0% to three times the "average royalty" and that the above average royalty rates should only be used to support royalty rates determined using first principles. Other popular pages: MyPatent IP Valuation Spreadsheet, Example of "Royalty Stacking"
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 February 2010 )
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