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Global
Patents Granted
Stock at USPTO
till 20/12/2013
University
Patents Granted
2010-2012
University of
California System
I am totally against patents. I have
never patented any of my ideas.
If you patent something, you are
prohibiting people from using it in
a free manner. One has to either
pay a large amount or follow certain
conditions and then only they can
use the ideas. I doubt that any of
my ideas would have been used
that much, had they been patented.
In fact, my supervisor told me, you
would have been a millionaire, if
you had patented NSGA. But then
it would not have been so much
popular. Most of the universities
are asking students to do more
research, handle more projects and
gain patents. It gives more fame
and popularity to the institute
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1185
4211
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
600
2688
The University of Texas at Austin
450
2492
California Institute of Technology
396
1620
Johns Hopkins University
224
1546
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
292
1255
Columbia University
245
1191
University of Pennsylvania
226
1117
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
281
1030
University of Washington
213
Indian
Patents Granted
Stock at USPTO
till 20/12/2013
University
Patents Granted
2010-2012
Prof Kalyanmoy Deb,
Formerly with IIT Kanpur
Indian Institute
of Science, (iisc)
Bangalore
research output in the form of publications are making an attempt to build
an innovation ecosystem that includes
protecting their intellectual assets.
However, compared to the global standards, the divide is too big. According to
Dr R A Mashelkar, President of Global
Research Alliance and former DG of
CSIR, “One of the tragedies of our country is that the great connection between
Saraswati (the goddess of knowledge)
and Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth)
is not understood.” NIPER, Mohali is
one among the emerging players active
in patenting activities while IISc Bangalore and IIT Bombay are the best in
India at both USPTO and at the Indian
Patent Office.
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21
IIT Madras
7
10
University of Delhi
4
7
IIT Kanpur
6
IIT Delhi
1
5
TIFR, Mumbai
1
4
AIIMS, New Delhi
1
4
Anna University
3
3
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IIT Bombay
IIT Kharagpur
1
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