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DuPont Senior Vice President and Chief Science & Technology Officer Uma Chowdhry announced yesterday that the DuPont research pipeline delivered strong results in 2008 in the face of a global economic recession with over USD 10 billion of 2008 revenue from new products commercialized in the previous five years.

“Our R&D engine is powerful and continues to deliver high-margin, high-performance products even in this challenging environment,” Uma said.  “Our scientists are more determined than ever to seize opportunities to create new, sustainable products and technologies that will deliver value for our customers both today and as customers position their businesses for the recovery from this global economic crisis.”

DuPont has several metrics in place to measure the progress of its R&D pipeline:

Sales from New Products: DuPont sales from new products launched in the previous five years was USD 10.5 billion in 2008 or approximately 35 percent of the company’s revenue.  Revenue from new products and applications has increased by more than USD 5 billion since 2002.

Patents Filed and Granted: DuPont scientists have more than doubled the number of patents they filed in the United States since 2001.  In 2008, DuPont filed more than 1,900 patent applications and were granted 495 patents during the year.  DuPont currently holds more than 6,000 active U.S. patents.

New Product Launches: DuPont commercialized 901 new products and applications in 2008, bringing the total to more than 5,000 new products and applications launched in the past five years.

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