TAMPA — The University of South Florida continues to climb the list of the nation’s most prolific patent-holders, now sitting at number 10 among U.S. universities for patents granted last year.
USF was granted 104 patents in 2014, according to a report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. The Tampa school was tops in the state, with the University of Florida Research Foundation ranking 15th with 87 patents, the University of Central Florida 23rd with 66, and Florida State University 52nd with 30.
