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UC Research Boosts US Inventions The University of California and its affiliated national laboratories produce more research leading to patented inventions than any other public or private research institution, according to a study for the National Science Foundation (NSF). And UCSF’s biomedical research -- cited the most among UC campuses and fifth overall in the country -- is a leading contributor. UC
research published in scientific journals was cited as a
basis for a US invention in 3,125 instances during four
years in which patents were "The bridge from universities to industry is key. This is a strategic time to invest in university- industry partnerships that put the products of university research directly to work in the economy," said UC President Richard Atkinson said. The NSF study, which ranked the top 25 most frequently cited research institutions, showed that when the research was broken down by topic, UC campuses had 2,106 citations in biomedical papers, 288 in chemistry, 483 in physics and 248 in engineering and technology. After the citations were totaled by individual campuses among the top 25 research universities, UCSF ranked fifth in biomedical references with 930, UCLA was ninth with 642 and UC San Diego was 13th with 534. The study, conducted by CHI Research, Inc., for the NSF, found b evidence that publicly financed scientific research funded by the federal government or nonprofit agencies at both public and private research universities and laboratories plays a surprisingly important role in breakthroughs and inventions produced by private industry in the United States. The study concluded that publicly financed science research was cited 73 percent of the time in research papers leading to patents as the basis for the discovery or innovation. Private companies paid for the rest of the patent research. 1st appeared 5/19/97 |
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