December 3, 2004

Colleges Seek a Record Number of Patents

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Survey reports almost $1-billion in licensing revenue for academe in 2003

Database: Showing licensing revenues and patent activity for fiscal 1998-2003

Table: Showing earnings from technologyBy GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Colleges and universities in the 2003 fiscal year filed for more patents, identified a greater number of scientific discoveries with commercial potential than ever, and signed a record number of licenses with companies seeking to turn academic inventions into

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