Drexel moved up three spots to No. 51 in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)’s list of the world’s top 100 universities for patents granted in the country in 2018.
Drexel had 44 patents issued in 2018 in which the University was listed as the first assignee.
The NAI and IPO’s Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents, in its sixth edition, uses data obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The ranking complements Drexel’s recent designation as a first-tier research university in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education system, underscoring Drexel’s ongoing emphasis on expanding its research and tech-commercialization.
This patented ankle implant is being developed for commercial use by engineering professor Sorin Siegler.