U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES-
UTILITY PATENT GRANTS,
CALENDAR YEARS 1969-2000

- 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 1999

- 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 )
 
Organizational Identifier PRE_1980 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 256 57 40 52 51 62 56 64 69 67 90 94 117 132 247 329 457 354 333 238 54 2 3221
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 568 44 57 44 24 53 68 78 84 102 130 110 107 96 114 144 133 112 110 62 23 1 2264
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 11 9 10 12 20 28 19 33 58 63 80 74 76 101 103 107 117 69 69 36 8 1 1104
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 112 14 29 30 42 47 31 42 34 47 46 43 47 63 66 75 81 58 83 58 16 0 1064
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 212 19 20 16 21 23 23 24 34 48 20 37 27 44 50 40 68 88 79 63 17 1 974
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 176 20 19 13 21 17 23 10 26 19 35 47 44 49 58 61 88 69 75 52 17 0 939
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 77 13 11 16 21 21 16 15 22 36 31 34 42 34 57 60 67 58 47 31 6 0 715
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 173 15 13 17 15 10 14 13 23 27 39 34 24 35 41 52 42 46 41 24 5 0 703
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 81 6 10 14 16 18 21 12 20 23 25 22 25 26 38 43 92 63 54 47 10 0 666
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 80 11 8 8 6 16 22 31 35 32 38 30 31 30 31 33 42 52 43 16 7 0 602
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 22 4 2 14 6 13 21 17 27 39 38 38 23 31 29 47 68 49 44 31 8 0 571
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1 10 4 16 10 12 12 12 17 32 23 38 31 30 34 49 52 41 52 30 7 0 513
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 25 1 4 0 6 7 10 12 21 23 16 25 20 34 36 54 55 45 50 28 6 0 478
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 27 1 3 6 5 0 0 1 9 27 16 19 37 36 37 80 52 48 47 15 4 0 470
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 100 15 11 8 12 8 12 9 7 13 15 11 22 20 25 28 39 25 26 18 6 0 430
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 2 1 5 4 9 12 12 16 21 15 12 16 17 20 50 48 62 33 21 3 0 379
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 101 4 11 5 10 11 12 14 10 11 14 17 10 9 20 25 37 21 14 18 5 0 379
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 13 2 1 5 4 7 6 8 4 4 13 22 10 28 8 38 42 57 56 23 11 0 362
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 107 13 9 9 14 7 6 8 11 10 8 13 7 13 10 15 31 21 21 13 10 0 356
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 13 8 11 6 4 8 14 3 22 24 7 10 17 22 27 32 58 28 23 10 6 0 353
PURDUE UNIVERSITY 105 21 11 14 12 8 2 11 4 15 10 6 7 9 14 21 21 20 12 8 4 0 335
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 35 8 4 7 10 10 6 12 5 14 17 12 12 22 20 31 25 12 35 25 3 0 325
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 11 5 6 2 1 2 2 3 11 4 6 13 13 20 21 29 55 37 45 30 9 0 325
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 11 0 1 1 1 5 7 6 12 8 21 19 16 22 32 27 35 42 31 13 3 1 314
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 3 3 1 1 0 10 5 5 9 14 8 18 18 40 32 31 29 33 20 14 4 0 298
DUKE UNIVERSITY 9 4 5 6 7 2 3 10 12 12 7 4 8 31 24 43 36 29 18 15 10 0 295
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY 7 4 2 4 1 5 8 10 10 5 13 21 23 19 8 30 43 18 23 18 4 0 276
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 10 6 6 8 6 10 4 7 6 8 14 18 11 12 15 17 29 36 31 16 2 0 272
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 16 5 9 1 8 3 4 4 14 12 11 8 18 18 32 28 29 15 13 5 4 0 257
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 37 4 6 3 3 12 7 8 7 4 4 8 8 10 11 19 38 29 20 11 5 0 254
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 4 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 10 8 7 15 16 13 28 52 22 40 12 7 1 248
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 54 4 2 6 5 4 6 5 4 7 9 9 17 14 11 19 25 12 10 7 2 0 232
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 3 3 6 5 5 9 4 2 9 8 19 16 15 23 16 22 13 16 18 16 3 0 231
YALE UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 1 10 5 5 10 12 10 11 10 9 16 19 18 30 23 20 13 4 0 229
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 23 7 0 4 6 8 7 5 8 7 10 10 6 11 18 18 17 24 23 9 4 0 225
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 35 6 7 5 4 9 3 6 6 7 5 6 5 6 8 17 19 27 16 21 3 0 221
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 4 7 12 14 11 24 16 23 29 23 23 15 6 0 220
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 16 3 2 5 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 9 10 12 22 37 26 22 26 12 3 0 218
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 9 2 2 2 7 4 5 8 16 4 10 18 16 14 23 18 25 12 17 5 0 0 217
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 5 3 4 11 15 26 19 20 32 22 25 18 4 0 214
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 3 6 1 22 12 12 17 15 38 24 17 12 5 1 211
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 14 4 1 3 3 2 7 4 9 13 6 11 10 7 17 20 41 15 14 7 2 0 210
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 8 9 16 19 21 25 25 28 29 10 0 203
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 18 3 3 1 6 3 2 3 4 8 5 4 5 9 12 24 30 21 28 11 2 0 202
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 35 9 1 2 4 2 5 3 9 10 12 11 6 4 15 18 12 17 12 4 4 0 195
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 25 11 7 6 2 10 9 9 12 7 10 13 10 7 11 8 10 9 8 4 3 0 191
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 12 8 8 10 12 9 20 14 26 35 9 5 0 179
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY 11 0 1 2 5 1 2 0 6 4 4 6 9 8 12 12 28 16 23 20 6 0 176
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 26 9 5 2 2 7 3 8 3 6 9 6 11 10 9 10 16 10 13 5 2 0 172
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 11 0 2 3 6 7 7 7 14 9 12 8 8 9 12 9 15 11 12 6 3 0 171
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 8 3 8 11 21 24 30 38 11 1 0 169
EMORY UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 4 16 8 16 11 9 40 15 21 9 1 0 163
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 9 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 9 1 0 0 4 12 19 16 29 27 14 13 0 0 163
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 14 16 18 11 9 9 24 11 20 11 3 0 161
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 1 1 4 9 6 6 3 1 5 5 10 16 10 5 13 21 12 7 14 9 2 0 160
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 13 14 13 17 20 16 25 13 4 1 0 0 150
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 0 3 5 5 11 9 14 10 8 15 13 12 11 10 3 11 6 1 0 150
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 3 6 5 16 11 11 11 7 11 21 9 10 12 7 0 148
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 23 0 0 2 4 4 1 2 2 0 3 9 6 5 9 11 12 21 16 13 2 1 146
INDIANA UNIVERSITY 52 1 1 5 1 3 2 1 2 5 0 3 6 7 8 11 15 6 6 2 0 0 137
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 3 0 1 1 4 3 3 2 4 4 7 5 7 11 9 17 19 3 10 12 7 0 132
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 5 2 1 1 1 3 5 3 4 2 8 8 9 4 10 16 13 8 11 13 5 0 132
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 15 6 5 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 5 5 5 6 18 14 11 9 3 1 0 119
OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 3 7 6 5 6 19 10 21 6 12 13 1 0 117
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 2 0 0 1 3 3 8 5 3 11 9 7 7 7 5 14 12 4 7 7 2 0 117
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 5 5 8 7 14 18 21 16 11 1 0 117
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 6 7 7 7 7 10 10 15 12 13 6 2 0 114
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 10 1 4 3 0 2 4 3 0 5 3 5 4 6 13 10 7 6 9 5 4 0 104
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY 14 1 1 4 6 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 4 7 9 10 15 11 10 0 0 104
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 9 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 7 6 5 5 2 9 11 11 8 6 3 1 2 0 95
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 16 7 3 6 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 2 3 3 8 11 6 4 2 2 0 0 93
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 6 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 5 2 7 6 6 7 10 9 6 4 5 2 0 86
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 12 9 6 20 4 14 2 4 0 85
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY 1 0 1 1 1 7 2 6 4 6 4 2 5 4 2 9 16 8 3 2 0 0 84
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 4 8 15 8 3 4 5 16 6 1 2 4 0 0 83
TUFTS UNIVERSITY 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 3 0 7 6 6 7 5 11 6 8 8 5 0 0 82
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY 8 2 3 0 1 1 2 4 4 3 3 2 4 3 5 5 7 2 10 8 1 0 78
TULANE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 7 7 5 6 6 8 5 6 3 3 4 0 0 73
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 13 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 7 3 4 3 1 7 7 5 7 4 1 0 73
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 7 3 10 4 10 6 8 6 3 2 0 0 71
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 6 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 9 1 7 10 7 4 4 0 0 65
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY 7 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 7 4 8 8 2 1 0 0 57
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY 6 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 3 1 3 2 5 5 3 8 5 0 2 1 0 54
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 7 4 2 3 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 40
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 5 2 5 1 0 29
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 14
TOTAL 2935 417 402 442 489 588 582 680 879 1052 1161 1273 1285 1553 1853 2391 2982 2321 2279 1442 409 9 27424



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