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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_1983 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 405 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 713 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 42 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 267 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 185 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 228 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 111 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 117 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 218 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 42 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 107 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 31 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 30 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 37 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 8 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 134 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 21 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 38 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 138 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 24 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 121 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 54 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 24 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 8 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 151 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 13 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 2 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 30 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 17 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 50 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 6 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 31 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 3 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 34 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 4 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 66 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 25 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 17 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 4 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 53 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 2 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 12 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 26 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 15 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 22 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 13 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 49 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 47 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 16 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 14 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 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 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 42 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 15 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 25 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 3 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 9 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 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 3 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 27 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 5 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 5 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 1 0 0 5 5 5 5 8 7 14 18 21 17 22 9 19 4 2 0 162
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY NY 20 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 3 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 1 4 3 3 7 6 5 6 19 10 23 6 14 22 12 9 2 0 0 152
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT CT 5 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 59 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 11 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 1 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 3 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 18 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 32 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 13 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 9 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 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 8 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 3 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 12 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 7 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 10 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 4 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 4 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 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 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 16
TOTAL   4182 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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