But an increase in patents would not necessarily mean corresponding growth in patent royalties. Some universities generate dozens of patents without achieving spectacular returns because the inventions don't have widespread applications. Occasionally, a school can hit it big. Research at the University of Florida, for example, led to the development of Gatorade. Fruits of inventions How the University of Arizona ranks against peer universities, institutions similar in size and mission with which UA often compares itself.
Royalties are annual.
Research ranking is based on funding a school received in fiscal 1998. U.S. BioSciences, based in Massachusetts CHI Research's list of top 10 technology transfer universities is based on the number of patents generated in 1999. University of California - 1,697 2. MIT - 641 3. University of Texas - 508 4.