1 university of california, the 27 king saud university...... 85 regents of...... 631 28 university of maryland...... 79 2 massachusetts institute of 28 university of massachusetts...... 79 technology...... 355 28 university of pittsburgh...... 79 3 the university of texas...... 276 31 national tsing hua university...... 78 4 king fahd university of petroleum and 32 the university of utah research minerals...... 225 foundation...... 74 5 stanford university...... 217 33 university of washington...... 73 6 tsinghua university...... 191 34 ohio state innovation foundation, ohio 7 johns hopkins university...... 168 state university ...... 68 8 california institute of technology...... 167 34 new york university...... 68 9 wisconsin alumni research foundation... 160 36 university of north carolina...... 65 10 university of michigan...... 158 36 vanderbilt university...... 65 11 harvard college, president and 36 yale university...... 65 fellows...... 156 39 university of arizona...... 62 12 arizona state university, arizona board 40 école polytechnique, fédérale de of regents...... 137 lausanne...... 61 13 purdue research foundation...... 136 40 florida international university...... 61 14 northwestern university...... 129 40 research foundation for the state 15 university of florida research university of new york...... 61 foundation, incorporated...... 115 43 florida state university...... 60 16 university of south florida...... 108 43 korea university research and business 17 university of minnesota, the regents of... 102 foundation...... 60 18 columbia university...... 100 45 university of southern california...... 59 19 university of illinois...... 98 46 the university of tokyo...... 58 20 university of colorado, the regents of.... 92 47 university of virginia alumni patents 21 case western reserve university...... 89 foundation...... 57 22 university of pennsylvania...... 88 48 georgia tech research corp...... 56 23 cornell university...... 87 49 industry-academic cooperation 23 university of chicago, uchicago foundation yonsei university...... 54 argonne llc...... 87 50 nanyang technological university...... 53 25 duke university ...... 86 51 industry-university cooperation 25 korea advanced institute of science foundation hanyang university...... 52 and technology (kaist)...... 86 51 michigan state university...... 52 51 seoul national university research & 80 national taiwan university...... 36 development business foundation 80 university of british columbia...... 36 (snu r&db foundation)...... 52 80 university of rochester...... 36 54 city university of hong kong...... 49 83 king abdulaziz university...... 34 54 university of missouri...... 49 83 kyoto university...... 34 56 jiangnan university...... 48 83 north carolina state university...... 34 57 carnegie-mellon university...... 47 83 zhejiang university...... 34 57 osaka university...... 47 87 ramot at tel aviv university ltd...... 33 57 rutgers university...... 47 87 university of alabama...... 33 60 oxford university innovation limited...... 46 89 boston university...... 32 61 national cheng kung university...... 45 89 brigham young university...... 32 61 science & technology corporation at 91 university of south carolina...... 31 university of new mexico...... 45 92 dartmouth college...... 30 61 technion research and development 92 gwangju institute of science and foundation, ltd...... 45 technology...... 30 61 washington university...... 45 92 shenzhen university...... 30 65 penn state research foundation, inc...... 44 92 united arab emirates university...... 30 65 texas a&m university...... 44 96 colorado state university research 65 university of akron...... 44 foundation...... 29 65 university of central florida...... 44 96 university-industry cooperation group 65 university of nebraska, the of kyunghee university...... 29 board of regents / nutech ventures...... 44 96 university of cincinnati...... 29 70 princeton university...... 43 99 china university of mining and 71 indiana university research and technology...... 27 technology corporation...... 42 99 governing council of the university of 72 the chinese university of hong kong...... 41 toronto...... 27 72 emory university...... 41 99 the royal institution for the 72 national chiao tung university...... 41 advancement of learning 72 sungkyunkwan university research & (mcgill university)...... 27 business foundation...... 41 99 university of connecticut...... 27 76 drexel university...... 39 99 washington state university...... 27 76 university of houston system...... 39 99 wayne state university...... 27 78 iowa state university research 99 yissum research development company of foundation inc...... 38 the hebrew university of jerusalem...... 27 78 northeastern university...... 38

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