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Forbes: Top Patent Revenue-Generating Universities

By Peter Zura

Continuing the recent media focus on universities and patents, Forbes has a great article on IP cash cows, and which universities are "bottling the most milk" from their patent portfolios:

(1) New York University

2006 Research Expenditures: $210 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $157 million
Yield: 75%

(2) Wake Forest University

2006 Research Expenditures: $146.3 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $60.5 million
Yield: 41%

(3) Stevens Institute of Technology

2006 Research Expenditures: $28 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $4.56 million
Yield: 16%

(4) Ohio University

2006 Research Expenditures: $24 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $3.26 million
Yield: 13%

(5) Brigham Young University

2006 Research Expenditures: $26 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $3.07 million
Yield: 11.7%

(6) University of Rochester

2006 Research Expenditures: $355 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $38 million
Yield: 11%

(7) University of Minnesota

2006 Research Expenditures: $594 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $56 million
Yield: 9.4%

(8) University of Florida

2006 Research Expenditures: $459 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $42.9 million
Yield: 9.3%

(9) Stanford University

2006 Research Expenditures: $699 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $61.3 million
Yield: 8.7%

(10) Northwestern University

2006 Research Expenditures: $348 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $29.9 million
Yield: 8.6%

(11) Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2006 Research Expenditures: $269 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $20.1 million
Yield: 7.5%

(12) University of Massachusetts

2006 Research Expenditures: $404.9 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $27.2 million
Yield: 6.7%

(13) University of Utah

2006 Research Expenditures: $246.5 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $16.3 million
Yield: 6.6%

(14) University of California

2006 Research Expenditures: $3.04 billion
2006 Research-Related Income: $193.4 million
Yield: 6.4%

(15) University of South Alabama

2006 Research Expenditures: $20.6 million
2006 Research-Related Income: $1.2 million
Yield: 5.9%

For all the details, read "Universities That Turn Research Into Revenue" (link)

Also See "In Pictures: 15 Top Patent-Revenue-Generating Universities" (link)

Full post as published by Two-Seventy-One Patent Blog on September 14, 2008 (boomark / email).

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