Local university among top in the world in developing patents

University of South Florida secured nearly 130 patents last year, making it one of the top in the country and world

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TAMPA — Inventors at the University of South Florida secured 123 patents in 2020.

The 123 patents places USF eighth among U.S. research universities and 15th among universities worldwide “in generating new, novel and useful inventions granted intellectual property protection from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,” according to to a press release from the university.

 

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