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Northwestern U. Led in Licensing Income in 2009

August 21, 2011

HOME: ▶ Almanac 2011SECTIONS: ▶ Finance▶ The Profession▶ Student Demographics
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The 25 institutions with the most licensing revenue during the 2009 fiscal year

Institution Licensing income Start-up companies formed Licenses executed Total active licenses New patent applications U.S. patents issued Total research spending
1. Northwestern U. $161,591,544 3 31 223 168 28 $400,012,497
2. Columbia U. $154,257,579 13 51 202 57 $604,660,000
3. New York U. $113,110,437 5 38 296 50 29 $308,834,000
4. U. of California system $103,104,667 47 237 2,034 928 244 $4,686,598,210
5. Wake Forest U. $95,636,362 3 8 8 $162,084,439

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HOME: ▶ Almanac 2011SECTIONS: ▶ Finance▶ The Profession▶ Student Demographics
▶ Access and Equity▶ Technology▶ International

The 25 institutions with the most licensing revenue during the 2009 fiscal year

Institution Licensing income Start-up companies formed Licenses executed Total active licenses New patent applications U.S. patents issued Total research spending
1. Northwestern U. $161,591,544 3 31 223 168 28 $400,012,497
2. Columbia U. $154,257,579 13 51 202 57 $604,660,000
3. New York U. $113,110,437 5 38 296 50 29 $308,834,000
4. U. of California system $103,104,667 47 237 2,034 928 244 $4,686,598,210
5. Wake Forest U. $95,636,362 3 8 8 $162,084,439
6. U. of Minnesota $95,168,525 3 53 795 65 37 $590,880,956
7. U. of Washington/Washington Research Foundation $87,339,905 10 231 1,153 145 40 $1,076,044,801
8. U. of Massachusetts $70,553,428 1 50 285 85 35 $489,060,000
9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology $66,450,000 18 91 887 509 154 $1,375,073,000
10. Stanford U. $65,054,187 9 77 976 221 128 $733,266,108
11. U. of Wisconsin at Madison $56,714,000 1 57 528 129 119 $1,132,000,000
12. U. of Florida $53,880,476 10 115 569 180 73 $496,063,499
13. California Institute of Technology $47,665,535 18 37 97 381 94 $521,436,800
14. U. of Rochester $46,025,270 2 15 106 63 27 $377,246,000
15. U. of Iowa Research Foundation $42,922,081 3 21 278 18 30 $334,936,000
16. U. of Texas system $32,428,040 22 161 1,297 330 107 $2,272,779,788
17. U. of Georgia $30,531,425 6 124 687 71 20 $349,730,000
18. Mount Sinai School of Medicine of NYU $25,081,703 8 95 36 11 $321,299,455
19. Duke U. $19,048,244 4 97 689 155 34 $709,803,045
20. U. of Michigan $18,311,368 8 78 321 153 72 $1,016,565,913
21. Case Western Reserve U. $16,281,957 5 31 218 104 11 $332,661,000
22. Research Foundation of State U. of New York $16,205,537 5 49 435 140 56 $849,961,108
23. Emory U. $15,034,198 1 36 244 53 18 $416,476,261
24. U. of Illinois at Chicago and at Urbana-Champaign $13,364,056 8 49 283 132 57 $905,365,000
25. U. of Utah $12,422,572 19 79 246 108 35 $354,653,777



Note: “N/A” means data were not provided by the institution. Institutions do not always receive patents the same year in which they apply for them.

Source: Association of University Technology Managers

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