UC ranked by National Academy of Inventors
The newest ranking list from the NAI, “Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents,” used data provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to highlight the top American universities that generated utility patents. UC was ranked No. 72.
“It’s great news,” said Geoffrey Pinski, UC’s assistant vice president for technology transfer. “It reflects the work and support of our team with our faculty, starting projects and seeing them to one of the natural endpoints, which is receiving protection from the patent office.”
According to the data from the NAI, UC had 23 utility patents granted in 2022.
At the 1819 Innovation Hub, UC’s technology transfer team is composed of specialists in licensing, business development and IP matters, with vast experience in transferring technologies across a broad array of research and innovation fields.
The technology transfer team helps UC faculty protect the outcomes of the research, receive patents, understand the market potential of their creations and find partners who are interested in converting their intellectual property into commercial products.
Through the Ohio IP Promise, UC has made the process of licensing of intellectual property simpler and faster.
“It enhances the outcomes of research,” Pinski said of the tech transfer process at UC. “Faculty are working every day on a variety of problems and finding solutions.”
UC faculty who are interested in the technology transfer process should reach out to the tech transfer team to start the process.
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