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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES-
UTILITY PATENT GRANTS 1969-2008

- 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
1969-941995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
                                 
Total Number of Utility Patents Granted (A) 1950797 101419 109645 111984 147517 153485 157494 166035 167331 169023 164290 143806 173772 157282 157772 4031652
                             
Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents (B) 1212539 57951 63395 64079 83487 87071 87944 90489 89183 89745 86035 76263 91574 81120 79659 2340534
-Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents Not Granted to Universities (C=B-D) 1195356 56026 61200 61597 80249 83660 84789 87202 85848 86432 82954 73506 88190 78056 76768 2281833
-Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents Granted to Universities (D) 17183 1925 2195 2482 3238 3411 3155 3287 3335 3313 3081 2757 3384 3064 2891 58701
                             
Total Number of U.S.-Organization-Owned Utility Patents Excluding U.S.-Federal-Organization-Owned Patents (E) 895349 44038 48742 50221 66052 69389 70887 74329 74154 75327 73021 65207 78925 70498 69962 1826101
-Total Number of U.S.-Organization-Owned Utility Patents Excluding Both U.S.-Federal-Organization-Owned and U.S.-University-Owned Patents (F=E-D) 878166 42113 46547 47739 62814 65978 67732 71042 70819 72014 69940 62450 75541 67434 67071 1767400
                           
U.S. University-Owned Patents as a % of Total Utility Patents (D/A) 0.88% 1.90% 2.00% 2.22% 2.20% 2.22% 2.00% 1.98% 1.99% 1.96% 1.88% 1.92% 1.95% 1.95% 1.83% 1.46%
-U.S. University-Owned Patents as a % of all U.S.-Owned Utility Patents (D/B) 1.42% 3.32% 3.46% 3.87% 3.88% 3.92% 3.59% 3.63% 3.74% 3.69% 3.58% 3.62% 3.70% 3.78% 3.63% 2.51%
-U.S. University-Owned Patents as a % of U.S-"Non-Federal, Organization-Owned" Utility Patents (D/E) 1.92% 4.37% 4.50% 4.94% 4.90% 4.92% 4.45% 4.42% 4.50% 4.40% 4.22% 4.23% 4.29% 4.35% 4.13% 3.21%

 


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