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U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES-
UTILITY PATENT GRANTS,
CALENDAR YEARS 1969-2003

- this report has been prepared with support from the National Science Foundation -


BREAKOUT BY UNIVERSITY ASSIGNEE -
PATENTS DISTRIBUTED BY CALENDAR YEAR OF PATENT APPLICATION

NUMBER OF UTILITY PATENTS ASSIGNED ANNUALLY
TO U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES RANKED IN THE
TOP 100 BY R&D EXPENDITURES IN FY 2002

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Universities Receiving 1 or More Utility Patents During the Period

This Summary Table Provides a Consolidated Patent Count
For Each of the:

TOP 100 R&D UNIVERSITIES

( count of patent grants, as distributed by calendar year of patent application )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

This table displays annual patent counts for the associated university entry.
Counts of granted patents are either distributed by the year of patent grant
or by the year of patent filing. Multiple assignee names may be associated
with a university entry.
Organizational Identifier State PRE_1970 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CA 67 13 19 18 27 15 20 21 11 8 37 57 40 52 51 62 56 64 69 68 90 94 119 134 248 333 490 377 402 431 407 338 190 61 4 4493
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MA 106 28 26 44 36 58 47 56 50 46 71 44 57 44 24 53 68 78 84 102 130 110 108 97 114 147 138 116 125 145 134 102 50 13 0 2651
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 6 9 10 12 20 28 19 33 58 63 80 75 78 104 105 111 123 71 91 78 82 74 39 8 0 1382
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CA 40 13 9 18 29 13 17 16 18 20 19 19 20 16 21 23 23 24 34 48 20 37 27 44 51 43 72 93 96 127 116 104 70 7 0 1347
STANFORD UNIVERSITY CA 5 4 5 6 11 23 16 13 9 9 11 14 29 30 42 47 31 42 34 47 46 43 47 63 66 79 87 62 92 104 101 65 44 10 0 1337
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WI 23 5 12 7 11 29 17 18 9 18 27 20 19 13 21 17 23 10 26 19 35 47 44 49 58 61 88 69 84 69 84 73 58 12 0 1175
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY MD 11 2 8 5 8 7 6 9 10 8 7 6 10 14 16 18 21 12 21 23 25 22 25 27 39 47 95 67 65 96 77 55 24 11 0 897
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NY 10 2 4 3 3 9 12 9 9 12 4 13 11 16 21 21 16 15 22 36 31 34 42 35 59 60 73 63 58 60 34 42 23 8 0 870
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY IA 46 7 13 20 14 8 14 14 9 12 16 15 13 17 15 10 14 13 23 27 39 34 24 35 41 53 43 47 49 34 21 25 11 2 0 778
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FL 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 6 5 4 2 14 6 13 21 17 27 39 38 38 23 31 30 50 72 52 56 52 39 37 26 14 0 723
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MN 20 7 2 5 7 2 4 7 8 6 12 11 8 8 6 16 22 31 35 32 38 30 32 30 31 33 48 56 48 37 42 32 13 1 0 720
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 4 16 10 12 12 12 17 32 23 38 31 30 34 50 54 41 55 47 40 46 24 4 1 644
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MI 0 1 0 3 1 1 7 2 7 2 1 1 4 0 6 7 10 12 21 23 16 25 20 34 37 54 55 46 61 52 46 44 31 8 1 639
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PA 5 1 2 1 0 2 4 6 4 2 0 1 3 6 5 0 0 1 9 27 16 19 37 36 38 82 55 53 59 28 41 35 15 2 1 596
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 4 9 12 12 16 21 15 12 16 17 21 55 58 75 50 43 58 27 13 1 0 543
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH UT 18 6 2 1 4 5 11 11 17 10 15 15 11 8 12 8 12 9 7 13 15 11 22 20 26 29 40 25 34 34 33 24 10 4 0 522
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MI 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 5 4 7 6 8 4 4 13 22 10 30 9 40 44 59 57 35 41 50 24 10 1 499
HARVARD UNIVERSITY MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 5 8 11 6 4 8 14 3 22 24 7 10 17 22 27 35 64 31 43 35 36 21 10 2 0 473
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IL 22 4 6 10 10 13 4 17 5 8 8 13 9 9 14 7 6 8 11 10 8 13 7 14 10 15 31 23 25 22 42 38 14 4 0 460
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WA 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 5 6 2 1 2 2 3 11 4 6 13 13 20 22 29 59 38 49 56 46 27 15 5 0 445
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OH 46 8 7 1 3 2 6 11 8 4 5 4 11 5 10 11 12 14 10 11 14 17 10 9 20 25 38 21 15 24 24 21 10 0 0 437
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GA 6 0 7 0 1 1 2 3 6 1 8 8 4 7 10 10 6 12 5 14 17 12 12 22 20 32 25 16 41 35 27 38 24 4 0 436
DUKE UNIVERSITY NC 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 5 6 7 2 3 10 12 12 7 4 8 31 24 44 38 36 25 49 41 30 18 6 0 431
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 10 5 5 9 14 8 18 18 40 32 32 30 33 24 27 30 32 24 7 0 406
PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN 21 4 4 4 9 14 9 10 6 16 8 21 11 14 12 8 2 11 4 15 10 6 7 9 14 21 22 20 14 10 24 23 6 3 1 393
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MO 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 7 6 12 8 21 19 17 23 34 30 39 45 39 31 17 15 9 2 0 393
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 8 9 16 19 22 26 27 29 46 46 52 36 8 0 357
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 6 6 8 6 10 4 7 6 8 14 18 11 12 15 18 31 37 36 39 23 13 12 4 0 354
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 4 2 4 1 5 8 10 10 5 13 21 23 19 8 32 51 22 27 29 29 8 7 1 0 346
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IL 11 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 9 4 4 4 6 3 3 12 7 8 7 4 4 8 8 11 11 19 41 30 22 19 30 25 13 3 0 335
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA NC 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 11 8 7 15 16 13 29 53 26 44 22 29 28 10 7 0 335
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NY 5 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 5 9 1 8 3 4 4 14 12 11 8 18 18 32 30 31 19 26 23 19 15 7 0 0 333
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MD 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 5 3 4 11 15 27 19 20 32 24 35 30 32 37 13 6 0 323
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IA 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 7 3 2 7 0 4 6 8 7 5 8 7 10 10 6 11 18 18 18 28 29 35 30 13 14 4 0 319
YALE UNIVERSITY CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 5 5 10 12 10 11 10 9 16 19 19 32 27 28 25 29 19 9 2 0 311
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CA 0 2 1 2 4 3 3 13 12 10 4 4 2 6 5 4 6 5 4 7 9 9 17 14 11 19 25 13 14 16 25 24 14 3 0 310
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 4 1 2 3 3 1 6 3 2 3 4 8 5 4 5 9 12 25 33 22 33 22 31 32 19 2 0 305
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 5 5 9 4 2 9 8 19 16 15 23 16 22 14 16 24 27 22 20 13 3 0 304
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NJ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 4 7 12 14 11 24 16 23 29 23 25 19 34 26 17 3 0 300
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY KY 9 1 1 4 4 0 0 4 3 3 6 6 7 5 4 9 3 6 6 7 5 6 5 6 8 17 21 28 18 27 26 20 18 3 0 296
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 12 8 8 10 12 9 20 14 27 42 31 29 33 15 4 0 285
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 3 6 1 22 12 12 17 16 38 24 19 24 24 23 10 4 0 281
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA NE 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 5 3 2 5 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 9 10 12 22 37 26 25 28 22 22 16 7 3 0 278
BOSTON UNIVERSITY MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 2 7 4 5 8 16 4 10 18 16 14 23 19 25 14 19 11 14 17 5 0 0 264
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 2 2 2 4 1 3 3 2 7 4 9 13 6 11 11 7 17 21 46 17 20 14 10 16 2 1 0 259
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IL 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 9 1 0 0 4 13 20 16 29 28 16 21 17 32 15 5 0 245
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER NY 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 5 7 11 7 6 2 10 9 9 12 7 10 13 10 7 11 8 10 10 12 8 14 22 9 2 0 244
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA VA 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 7 9 4 4 9 1 2 4 2 5 3 9 10 12 11 6 4 15 19 13 17 14 11 13 20 6 2 0 243
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE TN 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 7 7 7 14 9 12 8 8 9 12 9 17 11 14 11 34 15 4 3 0 233
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY PA 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 2 0 6 4 4 6 9 8 12 12 28 17 26 31 21 15 9 2 0 232
EMORY UNIVERSITY GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 4 16 8 16 11 10 42 16 25 17 19 24 8 2 0 231
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 8 3 9 11 21 24 32 43 19 12 11 10 2 0 219
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI MO 0 0 1 2 1 5 1 3 6 3 4 9 5 2 2 7 3 8 3 6 9 6 11 10 9 10 18 10 13 15 12 13 4 4 0 215
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 9 6 6 3 1 5 5 10 16 10 6 13 21 12 8 15 14 24 15 5 0 0 210
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY OH 7 2 2 2 0 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 4 1 2 2 0 3 9 6 5 9 11 13 24 17 23 23 8 8 3 0 200
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 14 16 18 11 9 9 24 11 20 13 11 12 8 3 0 194
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY TN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 5 3 4 2 8 8 9 4 10 16 15 8 14 24 24 12 13 1 0 193
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 3 6 5 16 11 11 11 7 12 22 10 10 15 19 10 5 0 0 181
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 5 5 11 9 14 10 8 15 13 12 11 11 5 12 8 12 7 4 0 0 178
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK NY 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 6 5 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 5 5 5 6 18 15 14 11 9 17 15 11 1 0 174
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CO 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 13 14 13 17 20 16 25 13 5 4 1 8 7 2 0 172
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OK 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 3 3 2 4 4 7 5 7 12 9 17 20 3 10 20 21 7 6 1 0 170
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 5 5 8 7 14 18 21 17 22 9 19 4 2 0 162
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY NY 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 4 7 9 11 18 13 19 17 20 6 0 0 162
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI OH 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 8 5 3 11 9 7 7 7 5 14 12 4 9 12 21 7 4 0 0 154
OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 3 7 6 5 6 19 10 23 6 14 22 12 9 2 0 0 152
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT CT 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 6 7 7 7 7 10 10 15 12 14 8 11 15 5 1 0 147
INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 19 8 3 2 1 2 4 5 6 2 0 1 1 5 1 3 2 1 2 5 0 3 6 7 8 12 15 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 141
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SC 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 7 6 5 5 2 9 11 11 8 7 3 2 14 19 10 2 0 140
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 12 9 6 23 4 16 3 13 12 13 5 0 130
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 2 6 4 6 4 2 5 4 2 9 16 10 10 12 4 6 1 2 0 116
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS KS 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 7 3 4 3 1 7 7 5 9 6 11 19 6 0 0 112
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FL 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 9 7 3 6 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 2 3 3 8 11 7 4 2 4 3 6 4 1 0 110
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY WA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 3 5 5 7 2 10 10 17 6 3 0 0 105
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 5 2 7 6 6 7 11 9 6 4 10 7 3 0 2 0 102
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 4 8 15 8 3 4 5 16 7 1 2 5 4 7 3 1 0 100
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 5 3 0 1 3 5 5 5 15 4 2 7 7 7 5 3 0 90
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 7 3 10 4 10 6 8 6 3 4 10 5 0 1 0 89
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 9 1 7 10 7 4 4 5 10 3 1 0 84
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CO 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 3 1 3 2 5 5 3 8 5 1 4 5 9 2 2 0 74
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY UT 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 7 4 8 8 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 65
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 7 4 2 3 3 2 1 5 2 9 3 1 2 0 57
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MS 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 5 3 7 5 9 2 1 0 48
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 5 8 4 3 4 0 0 0 34
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 16
TOTAL   541 133 155 167 216 247 253 296 291 273 355 417 399 439 488 584 575 675 879 1045 1144 1259 1281 1557 1850 2434 3146 2468 2709 2677 2674 2300 1243 330 9 35509


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