In 20 15 years, the top universities in the world 100 obtained the most American practical patents.

The University of California won the championship with 489 patents, Tsinghua University in Beijing ranked fifth with 184 American utility model patents, and Tsinghua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan ranked fifth with 10 1. The runner-up was Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 278 patents. Stanford University and the University of Texas are separated by three or four places.