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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES-
UTILITY PATENT GRANTS 1969-2005

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


UTILITY PATENTS ASSIGNED TO U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

(patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent)

Number and Percent of Total Utility Patents,
Number and Percent of all U.S.-Owned Utility Patents,
and Number and Percent of U.S.-"Non-Federal Organization-Owned" Utility Patents,
By Calendar Year of Grant
Patent
Category
1969-911992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
                                 
Total Number of Utility Patents Granted 1653335 97444 98342 101676 101419 109645 111984 147518 153485 157494 166035 167331 169023 164291 143806 3542828
                                 
Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents 1044950 54220 55273 58100 57951 63395 64079 83847 87071 87944 90489 89183 89747 86036 76263 2088188
-Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents Not Granted to Universities 1032990 52678 53650 56318 56071 61235 61632 80314 83708 84835 87265 85892 86471 82979 73538 2039576
-Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents Granted to Universities 11960 1542 1623 1782 1880 2160 2447 3173 3363 3109 3224 3291 3276 3057 2725 48612
                                 
Total Number of U.S.-Organization-Owned Utility Patents Excluding U.S.-Federal-Organization-Owned Patents 769180 40308 41825 44037 44038 48742 50221 66052 69389 70887 74329 74154 75329 73022 65207 1606720
-Total Number of U.S.-Organization-Owned Utility Patents Excluding Both U.S.-Federal-Organization-Owned and U.S.-University-Owned Patents 757220 38766 40202 42255 42158 46582 47774 62879 66026 67778 71105 70863 72053 69965 62482 1558108
                                 
U.S. University-Owned Patents as a % of Total Utility Patents 0.72% 1.58% 1.65% 1.75% 1.85% 1.97% 2.19% 2.15% 2.19% 1.97% 1.94% 1.97% 1.94% 1.86% 1.89% 1.37%
-U.S. University-Owned Patents as a % of all U.S.-Owned Utility Patents 1.14% 2.84% 2.94% 3.07% 3.24% 3.41% 3.82% 3.80% 3.86% 3.54% 3.56% 3.69% 3.65% 3.55% 3.57% 2.33%
-U.S. University-Owned Patents as a % of U.S-"Non-Federal-Organization-Owned" Utility Patents 1.55% 3.83% 3.88% 4.05% 4.27% 4.43% 4.87% 4.80% 4.85% 4.39% 4.34% 4.44% 4.35% 4.19% 4.18% 3.03%

 


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