For the third consecutive year, the University of California topped the list of universities granted U.S. patents in 2015, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. “UC is the world’s largest academic research system,” said Dorothy Miller, director of systemwide programs and initiatives at the University of California Office of the President. “This research innovation generates some of the world’s most significant inventions every year. UC Berkeley accounted for 56 of the 520 patents issued by the UC system and generated more than $7 million in revenue from royalties and fees in 2015. Only UCLA and UCSD ranked ahead of UC Berkeley in patents issued this year, accounting for 120 and 97 patents, respectively.

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by Winston Cho, The Daily Californian.

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