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C.U. Receives Ninth Most Patents in U.S.

February 19, 2008 - 12:00am
By Cara Sprunk

In both 2005 and 2006 Cornell was in the top 10 universities for most patents received in the given year. As the only Ivy League land grant university, some professors feel that this statistic is indicative of Cornell’s ambition to privatize their intellectual property.

“Now, if you want to do research you need to get funding so capitalizing on intellectual property has become the norm,” said Assistant Prof. Courtney Weber, horticultural science, a researcher in small fruits breeding.

In 2005, Cornell was issued 41 patents, followed by 61 in 2006. Cornell was the only Ivy League ranked in the 2006 list, but in 2005, Columbia and UPenn had more patents.