{"id":77728,"date":"2017-06-07T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=77728"},"modified":"2019-03-31T07:47:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T11:47:04","slug":"ucf-ranks-top-25-u-s-public-universities-patents-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-ranks-top-25-u-s-public-universities-patents-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Ranks in Top 25 of U.S. Public Universities for Patents Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association today announced that the 海角直播 ranks 41st in the world for the number of U.S. patents issued in 2016.<\/p>\n
From this listing, UCF ranks 21st among public universities in the nation.<\/p>\n
The recognition is an important one because patents often lead to industrial innovations that impact daily life. Of the 56 patents UCF obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2016, more than half were related to inventions in health care \u2013 38 percent \u2013 and optics and photonics \u2013 18 percent \u2013 which are among UCF\u2019s strengths and Central Florida\u2019s regional economic priorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cUCF continues to compete in the top tier of the nation\u2019s public research universities for patents because of the emphasis we place on innovation that not only elevates knowledge, but also solves real-world problems,\u201d said Elizabeth Klonoff, UCF\u2019s vice president for Research and dean of the College of Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n