PCT Yearly Review - WIPO

Section A
use of the pct system
A.3.4 List of top PCT applicants: universities
The University of California remained the largest filer
among educational institutions with 351 published applications
in 2012, followed by Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (168) and Harvard University (146). Only
seven applicants had more than 100 applications published
in 2012. The University of California was the only
educational institution that ranked among the overall top
50 PCT applicants in 2012.
The number of applications published in 2012 compared to
2011 increased for the majority of applicants. The University
of California saw the strongest increase in published applications
(+74), followed by Peking University (+63). By contrast,
the University of Michigan (-37) and Tokyo University
(-32) saw the largest drops in published applications.
The US dominates the list of top university applicants,
with 27 out of these 52 applicants, followed by Japan
and the Republic of Korea with 6 each.
Table A.3.4: Top 50 PCT applicants: universities
PCT applications
Rank Applicant’s Name Origin
Change compared
2010 2011 2012
to 2011
1 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA United States of America 304 277 351 74
2 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY United States of America 146 179 168 -11
3 HARVARD UNIVERSITY United States of America 91 88 146 58
4 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY United States of America 89 111 141 30
5 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY United States of America 91 82 114 32
5 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM United States of America 129 127 114 -13
7 SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Republic of Korea 97 99 101 2
8 LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY United States of America 54 79 95 16
9 PEKING UNIVERSITY China 26 29 92 63
10 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA United States of America 107 84 89 5
11 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY United States of America 50 59 88 29
12 KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Republic of Korea 51 103 82 -21
13 CORNELL UNIVERSITY United States of America 81 88 73 -15
14 UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO Japan 105 98 66 -32
15 YONSEI UNIVERSITY Republic of Korea 38 43 65 22
16 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY China 24 36 62 26
16 ISIS INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom 46 62 62 0
18 KYOTO UNIVERSITY Japan 47 70 61 -9
19 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN United States of America 79 96 59 -37
20 PURDUE UNIVERSITY United States of America 50 41 57 16
21 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Japan 41 51 56 5
22 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH United States of America 59 50 55 5
23 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Singapore 24 50 54 4
24 POSTECH FOUNDATION Republic of Korea 31 36 50 14
25 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Singapore 22 29 49 20
26 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK United States of America 32 40 48 8
27 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA United States of America 42 43 47 4
27 KYUSHU UNIVERSITY Japan 27 41 47 6
29 TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Israel 39 43 46 3
29 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA United States of America 76 64 46 -18
29 WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION United States of America 47 46 46 0
29 HANYANG UNIVERSITY Republic of Korea 46 50 46 -4
33 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA United States of America 47 38 45 7
33 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY India 8 20 45 25
35 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS United States of America 59 47 44 -3
35 KOREA UNIVERSITY Republic of Korea 27 60 44 -16
35 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO United States of America 34 47 44 -3
35 OSAKA UNIVERSITY Japan 60 59 44 -15
35 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY United States of America 64 55 44 -11
35 IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LTD. United Kingdom 37 35 44 9
41 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION United States of America 32 30 43 13
41 INDIANA UNIVERSITY United States of America 37 34 43 9
43 HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel 43 51 41 -10
44 ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland 23 32 40 8
45 DUKE UNIVERSITY United States of America 48 51 39 -12
45 UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA Malaysia 10 16 39 23
47 TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Japan 26 43 38 -5
49 EMORY UNIVERSITY United States of America 34 25 37 12
49 YALE UNIVERSITY United States of America 24 37 37 0
51 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY United Kingdom 35 40 36 -4
51 DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET Denmark 24 36 36 0
51 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY United States of America 26 34 36 2
Note: The university sector includes applications from all types of educational institutions. Due to confidentiality requirements, PCT data are based on
publication date. Top applicants are selected according to the 2012 total.
Source: WIPO Statistics Database, March 2013
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