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. 2015 Apr 19;4:15. doi: 10.1186/s40169-015-0056-3

Table 2.

Participant, team, device, patent, and company totals for each year of the competition

Competition results
2011 2012 2013 2014 Totals
Yearly Participants 76 (19%) 57 (14%) 74 (19%) 189 (48%) 396 (100%)
Medical Student Participants 32 (22%) 23 (16%) 36 (25%) 53 (37%) 144 (100%)
Teams 13 (15%) 14 (16%) 18 (21%) 42 (48%) 87 (100%)
Devices Developed 14 (15%) 14 (15%) 20 (22%) 43 (48%) 91 (100%)
Provisional Patents Filed 12 (22%) 13 (24%) 14 (25%) 16 (29%) 55 (100%)
Utility Patents Filed 1 (7%) 4 (27%) 5 (33%) 5 (33%) 15 (100%)
LLCs Formed 1 (4%) 4 (17%) 7 (29%) 12 (50%) 24 (100%)

Percentages of the total are listed. LLCs = Limited Liability Companies.