The top 100 universities worldwide for filing US patents are ranked by NAI and IPO.

The 100 top US patent filing universities worldwide have been ranked by the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO).

The top ten are:

  1. University of California system (399)
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (281)
  3. Tsinghua University (193)
  4. Stanford University (170)
  5. University of Texas system (169)
  6. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (160)
  7. California Institute of Technology (147)
  8. Columbia University (104)
  9. Georgia Tech (98)
  10. Michigan University (97)

The list was compiled using data provided by the US Patent and Trademark Office from 2013.

Paul Sanberg, president of the NAI, said: “The NAI is pleased to be releasing this list of the top innovation universities in the world in conjunction with the IPO for the second year in a row. Innovation based on university technology continues to be a key factor in economic development. The expansion of technology and innovation are fundamental to the success of a university.”

The full list can be found here.

 

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