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 GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN AND OWNERSHIP CATEGORY -
PATENTS DISTRIBUTED BY CALENDAR YEAR OF PATENT APPLICATION,
NUMBER OF UTILITY PATENTS ASSIGNED ANNUALLY
TO U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor listed on the patent )

The patent activity of all U.S. colleges and universities is presented in this section. Part A2 presents the number (Part A2-1) and percent distribution (Part A2-2), by geographic origin, of patents assigned each year to all U.S. colleges and universities. Geographic origin is based on the residence of the first-named inventor listed on the patent at the time of grant. Part A2 also presents a breakout of patents by ownership categories (i.e., corporate, government or individual), but all patents assigned to U.S. colleges and universities should be designated under the "U.S. corporations" category - other designations that may appear are errors in the patent file.

In Part A2, patent counts are distributed according to the year the applications for those patents were filed, instead of the year the grants were issued. These data do not represent the number of application filings; only those filings that resulted in patent grants are presented in this table.

Part A2-1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NUMBER OF PATENTS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Pre 198719871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000Total
                 
Total85261035126413641500151118502187275334292660267616884911132945
U.S. Origin83981025124613381482148618282155270733702615264516634811132450
Foreign Origin12810182618252232465945312510 495
                 
CANADA12 271436262541 55
GERMANY14113 222893442 55
JAPAN14134 1255102233 55
ISRAEL171215112634    43
UNITED KINGDOM1811 114113423  40
FRANCE51 122 2234    22
SWITZERLAND4  12  1211 12 15
AUSTRALIA61   1 2 1211  15
RUSSIAN FEDERATION        15522  15
SWEDEN1   22222111   14
ITALY2  1  122111   11
BULGARIA3141 2         11
SPAIN1 11    3 12   9
TAIWAN 1 11 11112    9
INDIA3  1  1 11  1  8
CHINA P.REP.1      21 12   7
AUSTRIA2        1121  7
NETHERLANDS   121     21  7
FINLAND       2 311   7
SOUTH KOREA        2212   7
TURKEY1    111  1    5
EGYPT2  1 1  1      5
CHILE1  1     11 1  5
IRELAND1   11  11     5
MALAYSIA     1   12 1  5
GREECE3     1   1    5
HUNGARY  1 111        4
MEXICO  1   1  11    4
POLAND4              4
SOUTH AFRICA1     1  1  1  4
VENEZUELA2        1     3
BELGIUM11      1      3
LEBANON1       1 1    3
NEW ZEALAND1          11  3
YUGOSLAVIA 1   1         2
NORWAY1  1           2
Others ( 17 )6 2  2 13221 2 21
                 
Ownership:                
U.S. Corporations85251034126413641500151118492184275234262660267516864911132932
U.S. Government               0
U.S. Individuals               0
                 
Foreign Corporations11    1313 12  13
Foreign Government               0
Foreign Individuals               0
                 
                 
                 
Part A2-2- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PERCENT OF PATENTS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Pre 198719871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000Total
                 
Total100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
U.S. Origin989999989998999998989899999810098
Foreign Origin21121211222112 2
                 
CANADA   1           0
GERMANY               0
JAPAN             1 0
ISRAEL               0
UNITED KINGDOM               0
FRANCE               0
SWITZERLAND               0
AUSTRALIA               0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION               0
SWEDEN               0
ITALY               0
BULGARIA               0
SPAIN               0
TAIWAN               0
INDIA               0
CHINA P.REP.               0
AUSTRIA               0
NETHERLANDS               0
FINLAND               0
SOUTH KOREA               0
TURKEY               0
EGYPT               0
CHILE               0
IRELAND               0
MALAYSIA               0
GREECE               0
HUNGARY               0
MEXICO               0
POLAND               0
SOUTH AFRICA               0
VENEZUELA               0
BELGIUM               0
LEBANON               0
NEW ZEALAND               0
YUGOSLAVIA               0
NORWAY               0
Others ( 17 )               0
                 
Ownership:                
U.S. Corporations100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
U.S. Government               0
U.S. Individuals               0
                 
Foreign Corporations               0
Foreign Government               0
Foreign Individuals               0
                 
                 
                 



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