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OVERVIEW
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Texas’ IT patent output increased
by nearly 90% from 2000-2010.
In fiscal year (FY) 2010, $188.1 billion were
invested in computer and mathematical sciences
R&D at Texas universities, an increase of almost
13% from FY 2009, according to the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB). That total represents approximately
8% of all Texas university R&D funding.
The ten Texas universities with the largest IT
services-related R&D expenditures in FY 2010
(see table below) accounted for 85% of the
state’s total.
Top Ten Texas Universities for
IT Services-Related R&D
by FY 2010 Expenditures
Institution
-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Total R&D
(Millions)
University of Texas (UT) at Austin $79.1
Texas A&M University $20.6
Rice University $15.2
University of Houston $10.3
UT at Dallas $9.3
Texas Tech University $8.6
UT at El Paso $8.2
UT at Arlington $3.8
UT at San Antonio $1.9
University of North Texas $1.6
TOTAL $159.1
Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
The state of Texas achieved the following
rankings in 2011 from the National Science
Foundation (NSF) regarding doctorates awarded
in IT-related fields:
Texas Top-Ranked for
IT-Related Doctorates
No. 3 for Science and Engineering doctorates
awarded by state, with 1,930 conferred
No. 3 for Mathematics doctorates awarded
by state, with 92 conferred
No. 4 for Computer and Information Science
doctorates by state, with 111 conferred
Innovations and Patents
Texas’ growing strength in information technology is
evident in the trend of patent output from the state.
In 2010, Texas ranked No. 3 nationally for the
number of IT services-related utility patents
issued, with 2,070. This figure includes all data
processing and computer-related technology
patents as defined by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO).
From 2000-2010, 15,450 Texas IT servicesrelated
utility patents were issued. Texas’ IT
patent output increased by nearly 90% during
this time span, growing from 1,092 patents in
2000 to 2,070 patents in 2010.