Last month, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) published a list of the top 100 worldwide universities that received the most U.S. utility patents in 2014.  The NAI is a non-profit organization comprising U.S. and international universities, and governmental and non-profit research institutions, with over 3,000 individual inventor members.  The organization was founded in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors, enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation, and translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.  The joint effort by the NAI and IPO is based on data the IPO collects for its annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. patents (see "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2014").  The top 20 universities on the NAI/IPO listing are as follows (click on table to expand):

The complete list of 100 universities can be found here.

For additional information regarding this and other related topics, please see:

• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2014," July 1, 2015
• "IPO Names Top 100 Patenting Universities," July 24, 2014
• "NAI & IPO Release List of Top 100 Universities Receiving Patents in 2012," January 7, 2014
• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2013," July 7, 2014
• "Brookings Paper Calls for Technology Transfer Model Based on University Start-ups," December 12, 2013
• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2012," June 24, 2013
• "Another Look at IPO Top 300 and Life Sciences Top 53," June 11, 2012
• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2011," June 7, 2012
• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2010," June 30, 2011
• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2009," May 26, 2010
• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2008," May 14, 2009
• "IPO Releases List of Top 300 Patent Holders," May 22, 2008
• "IPO Posts List of Top 300 Patent Holders," April 20, 2007