Brigham Young University

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

First in the number of inventions reported relative to research spending (out of 118 institutions in this analysis)
First in the number of start-up companies formed relative to research spending
Third in licensing income relative to research spending
117th in the number of U.S. patents filed relative to the number of inventions disclosed

Though it has no medical school and is not a major research institution,

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