Top U.S. Utility Patent Grantee Universities List

The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association has released their top 100 U.S. utility patent grantee universities list.  Topping the list is the University of California.  The top ten include:

1 University of California, The Regents of.....589 [Important to remember is that the University of California has essentially 10 campuses, 6 academic health centers and 3 National Laboratories. I think that makes MIT's numbers very impressive.]

2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology....335

3 The University of Texas .....203

4 King Abdulaziz University....187

5 Stanford University....181

6 Purdue Research Foundation / Purdue University ....169

7 Harvard college, President and Fellows...167

8 Arizona State University....153

9 California Institute of Technology ....146

9 Tsinghua university....146

Around 62 of the top 100 are U.S. based institutions.  Around 14 are based in China.  Around two in Europe.  Around 9 in South Korea and Japan.  Around 8 in the Middle East region.