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Academic patents/1,000 academic SEH doctorate holders | State Indicator S-50

Academic Patents Awarded per 1,000 Science, Engineering, and Health Doctorate Holders in Academia

This indicator relates the number of academic-owned utility patents to the size of the doctoral S&E workforce in academia. Academia includes 2-year colleges, 4-year colleges and universities, medical schools, and university-affiliated research centers. Utility patents, commonly known as patents for inventions, include any new, useful, or improved method, process, machine, device, manufactured item, or chemical compound and represent a key measure of intellectual property.

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Academic Patents Awarded per 1,000 Science, Engineering, and Health Doctorate Holders in Academia