On June 6, 2017, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Associates (IPO) released the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2016. The information used to prepare the report is sourced from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and serves to highlight the incredibly vital role that universities play in research and innovation. For the year of 2016, Johns Hopkins University was listed in the top 10 at number 7, with 167 patents.

To view the full report of the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted Patents in 2016, visit: www.academyofinventors.com/pdf/top-100-universities-2016.pdf