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ARTICLE · 18 JUNE 2014

Patents 101 (Or In This Case, 399)

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The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association announced the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2013.

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On Tuesday, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) announced the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2013. The NAI and IPO compiled the list by calculating the number of utility patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which identify a university as the first assignee on the printed patent.

Once again, the University of California tops the list, having increased its new patent issuances this year to 399. That number represents a nearly 12% increase compared to the tally of 357 issued patents in 2012. The next closest university in this year's list, MIT, obtained 281 issued patents.

The University of California's success should come as no surprise, since its Technology Transfer office boasts "an active patenting and patent licensing program for over 40 years."

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