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UC tops U.S. universities in developing patents
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The University of California's invention portfolio resulted in $93.2 million in total licensing revenue, income generated from UC agreements with industry. |
The University of California leads the nation’s universities in developing new patents for the 11th consecutive year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reports. UC recorded a total of 424 patents in 2004, followed by Caltech with 139 and MIT with 127. Of patents awarded at Berkeley, 46 percent originated with engineering faculty.
Education and research activity throughout the UC system has been crucial to California’s economic growth and global competitiveness, especially in the key industries of biotechnology, telecommunications, information technology, and electronics manufacturing. More than 300 R&D-intensive firms in California were founded by UC engineers and scientists, including one in three of the state’s biotech firms and one in six of its information technology firms.
UC’s invention portfolio consists of more than 6,600 active inventions. In 2003–04, total licensing revenue (income received from UC agreements with industry) was $93.2 million, a portion of which is reinvested in research and education on UC campuses. |
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