Below is a list of the American universities with the most new patents in 2010, as reported by the Intellectual Property Owners Association. The listing for each school includes all branches of that school unless otherwise noted. The complete list of the top 300 recipients of new patents in 2010 is available through this weblink.
- University of California – 349
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 174
- Stanford University – 163
- University of Wisconsin – 136
- California Institute of Technology – 134
- University of Texas – 122
- University of Illinois – 85
- University of South Florida – 83
- Columbia University – 82
- University of Michigan – 78
- University of Pennsylvania – 77
- Cornell University – 74
- University of Washington – 74
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