In February 2004, the US Patent and Trademark Office released a preliminary list of the ten universities with the most patents in 2003.
|
Rank in 2003*
|
Number of Patents in 2003*
|
Organization*
|
(Rank in 2002)
|
(Number of Patents in 2002)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
439
|
University of California |
(1)
|
(431)
|
|
2
|
139
|
California Institute of Technology |
(3)
|
(110)
|
|
3
|
127
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
(2)
|
(135)
|
|
4
|
96
|
University of Texas |
(5)
|
(93)
|
|
5
|
85
|
Stanford University |
(4)
|
(104)
|
|
6
|
84
|
University of Wisconsin |
(6**)
|
(81)
|
|
7
|
70
|
Johns Hopkins University |
(6**)
|
(81)
|
|
8
|
63
|
University of Michigan |
(12)
|
(47)
|
|
9
|
61
|
Columbia University |
(13)
|
(45)
|
|
10
|
59
|
Cornell University |
(21**)
|
(35)
|
|
59
|
University of Florida |
(15)
|
(42)
|
