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 Assignee Names Receiving 1 or More Utility Patents During the Period

This Table Provides a Detail Breakout with Separate Counts for Each Assignee Name
Associated With the Following Top 100 R&D University:

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

( 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
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 5 7 12 24 16 23 10 1 0 109
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 18 3 3 1 6 3 2 3 4 5 3 1 2 4 5 12 6 5 5 1 1 0 93
TOTAL 18 3 3 1 6 3 2 3 4 8 5 4 5 9 12 24 30 21 28 11 2 0 202



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