Which Texas universities received the most utility patents in 2018

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The annual list of universities that receive the most U.S. utility patents has been released, and three Texas universities made the cut.

The University of Texas ranked No. 5 with 187 patents last year. The University of Houston and Texas A&M University ranked No. 88 in a four-way tie with 28 patents each.

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The Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents has been published annually since 2013 by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. The report is created using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

A utility patent may be granted to anyone who invents (or improves) a new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture or compositions of matter.

The top three universities were the University of California with 526 patents, Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 304 patents and Stanford University with 226 patents.