UMD College Park holds 65 of 98 Patents Awarded in 2021
Living Umbrellas—vegetation canopies invented by ENST's David Tilley and colleagues—can be found around campus and in the city of College Park.
Image Credit: Edwin Remsberg
When it comes to converting research into issued patents, a new report ranks the University of Maryland among the most intellectually fertile institutions in the country.
Together with other schools in the University System of Maryland (USM), the university ranks 20th in the world and 10th among U.S. public institutions for patents awarded in 2021, according to the report released yesterday by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). This is the highest ranking USM has earned in this annual report, which was first issued in 2013.
According to the report, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last year granted a total of 98 patents to five USM institutions, 65 of which are held by the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). This marks a significant improvement from 2020, when USM schools received a total of 88 patents and ranked 24th globally.
