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

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES-
UTILITY PATENT GRANTS,
CALENDAR YEARS 1969-2012

- this report was created 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 250 BY R&D EXPENDITURES IN FY 2011

- 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 250 R&D University:

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

( 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 )

Annual patent counts for the university.
Counts of granted patents are distributed by the year of patent filing.
Multiple assignee names may be associated with a university.
Organizational Identifier State PRE_1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MD 46 27 19 18 29 20 29 28 29 39 42 36 35 37 46 53 36 26 20 13 4 0 632
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE MD 0 0 0 2 3 4 7 3 9 14 8 4 7 4 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 76
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION MD 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   49 27 20 20 32 25 36 31 39 53 51 40 42 41 52 58 36 27 21 13 4 0 717


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