Rutgers Ascends in NAI Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Rankings
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, improved its standing in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents rankings, moving up five spots to come in 68th in the world and 43rd among U.S. institutions in the NAI's 2024 list.
Released annually by the Academy since 2013, the Worldwide Universities List ranks the top 100 universities holding U.S. utility patents from the previous fiscal year to highlight the vital research and innovation taking place within academic institutions. Rutgers has been a fixture in the NAI Top 100 Worldwide Universities List, appearing in all 12 rankings since its inception in 2013.
“This top 100 ranking highlights Rutgers’ role as a research and innovation powerhouse not just in New Jersey, or the United States, but in the world,” said Michael E. Zwick, PhD, senior vice president for Research at Rutgers. “Rutgers increased its patent total by nine from the previous year, yet another example of our incredible researchers' work to solve issues facing people and communities worldwide.”
“I am very proud of the Technology Transfer team, who works tirelessly with Rutgers researchers throughout the patent process to ensure the amazing and potentially world-changing innovations and technologies developed here at Rutgers are protected,” said Deborah Perez Fernandez, PhD, MBA, executive director of the Technology Transfer department within the Office for Research. “To be ranked among the top 100 in the world for 12 straight years is an amazing accomplishment.”
Rutgers’ technology transfer workflow begins when a faculty member discloses a new innovation in the Rutgers’ Innovator Portal, which starts the process of protecting, marketing, and licensing technologies with the greatest commercial potential. The Rutgers Office for Research Technology Transfer unit assesses numerous factors regarding the submission, including the technology and distinguishing features, market applications, stage of development, patentability, and market potential to recommend whether a US provisional patent application should be filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
These assessments continue throughout the patent application process, and the tech transfer team works closely with the inventor(s) and outside counsel to secure the appropriate patent protection. After filing a patent application, the marketing and outreach efforts begin. The Rutgers Technology Transfer team seeks to license the technology to a large corporate entity, small business, or start-up with the interest and ability to develop further and commercialize the technology. To learn more about the process, click here.
The Top 100 Worldwide Universities ranking highlights the critical role patents play in translating university research and innovation and the important role academic institutions play in the innovation ecosystem at large. Collectively, the universities on the 2024 Top 100 Worldwide list hold over 9,600 patents. NAI Member Institutions comprise 58% of the ranking and hold over 5,600 patents. By obtaining U.S. patents, these institutions can translate their technologies into the competitive global market and make tangible impacts on consumers' daily lives.
“The Top 100 Worldwide list showcases the vital role U.S. patents play in moving technologies from bench to marketplace at academic institutions around the globe,” said Dr. Paul R. Sanberg, FNAI, President of the National Academy of Inventors. “By recognizing and celebrating this crucial step in the commercialization process, we aim to highlight how intellectual property can benefit inventors and their institutions, as well as encourage them to pursue commercializing technologies that can have beneficial societal and economic impacts.”
The Top 100 Worldwide Universities List is one of three annual rankings published by the National Academy of Inventors. These rankings are based on calendar-year data provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and aim to provide a comprehensive view of intellectual property protection in the innovation ecosystem. The Top 100 U.S. Universities and Top 60 Non-Profit Research Institutions and Government Agencies rankings will be released this spring, leading to NAI’s 14th Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
To read the complete NAI Top 100 Worldwide Universities List, click here.
RUTGERS PATENT RECIPIENTS 2024
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US Utility Patent Number |
Inventors |
Title |
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12,180,269 |
Wadih Arap, Andrew Bradbury, Sara D'Angelo, Fortunato Ferrara, Renata Pasqualini, Fernanda Staquicini |
GRP78-binding antibodies and uses thereof in detecting or neutralizing GRP78 |
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12,178,205 |
Joseph Benevenia, Sheldon Lin, Michael Vives |
Systems and methods for storing and preserving implantable devices |
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12,172,974 |
Garry Robert Smith, Allen B. Reitz, Mark McDonnell, Suzie Chen, Matthew D. Vera, Benjamin E Blass, Jeffrey Claude Pelletier, Venkata N. Velvadapu, Jay Edward Wrobel |
Prodrugs of riluzole and their method of use |
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12,168,685 |
Wadih Arap, Andrew Bradbury, Sara D'Angelo, Fortunato Ferrara, Renata Pasqualini, Fernanda Staquicini |
Phage-displayed accessible recombinant targeted antibodies and methods of making same |
|
12,163,113 |
Ileana Marrero-Berrios, Rene Schloss, Anil Shrirao, Martin Yarmush |
Multilayer stackable tissue culture platform for 3D co-culture |
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12,162,216 |
Lin Lei, Jonathan Singer |
Thickness-limited electrospray deposition |
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12,156,889 |
Guangwen Ren, Yufang Shi, Liying Zhang |
Methods of administering mesenchymal stem cells activated by cytokines for enhancing immunosuppression |
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12,146,197 |
Salvatore Marras, Nikhat Parveen |
Multiplex diagnostic assays for Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases |
|
12,144,553 |
Partho Sengupta |
Dynamic flow phantom for in vitro cardiac intervention pre-procedure planning and testing using patent specific 3D printed anatomical models |
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12,141,240 |
Roman Brukh |
Method of calibration using master calibration function |
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12,139,768 |
David Alland, Soumitesh Chakravorty |
Polymerase chain reaction primers and probes for Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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12,122,742 |
Dhulfiqar Abed, Longqin Hu |
Small molecule direct inhibitors of KEAP1-NRF2 protein-protein interaction |
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12,115,519 |
Supriya Atta, Fuat Celik, Laura Fabris, Ashley Pennington |
Near infrared photocatalyst based on TiO.SUB.2.-coated gold nanoparticles |
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12,115,213 |
Amariliz Rivera, Chaoyang Xue |
Methods of treating fungal infections |
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12,109,237 |
Saiaditya Badeti, Dongfang Liu, Minh Ma |
S309 chimeric antigen receptors and methods of use |
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12,103,966 |
Wadih Arap, Andrew Bradbury, Sara D'Angelo, Fortunato Ferrara, Renata Pasqualini, Fernanda Staquicini |
GRP78-binding antibodies and uses thereof in detecting or neutralizing GRP78 |
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12,098,026 |
Eva Andrei, Angela Coe, Guohong Li |
Electrochemical cell having thin metal foil packaging and a method for making same |
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12,097,500 |
Mark George Allen, Mehdi Javanmard, Wen Shen, Naixin Song, Pengfei Xie |
Apparatus and methods for monitoring of biomarkers in blood |
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12,087,904 |
Glenn Amatucci, Anthony Ferrer, Irene Plitz, Linda Wu Sung |
Electrochemical cell having thin metal foil packaging and a method for making same |
|
12,082,914 |
Gillian Cannon, Andrew Gow |
Evaluation system for cardiovascular health assessment and individualized health and fitness interventions |
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12,065,700 |
Christopher Mason, Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Delia Tomoiaga |
Single sperm gene expression and mutation analysis for prediction of diseases |
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12,065,666 |
Juan-Carlos Collantes, Shengkan (Victor) Jin |
Targeted gene editing platform independent of DNA double strand break and uses thereof |
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12,061,201 |
Edgar Ferrer-Gonzalez, Edmond LaVoie, Daniel Pilch |
Fluorescent probes for the visualization of FtsZ in gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial pathogens |
|
12,060,415 |
Wadih Arap, Andrew Bradbury, Sara D'Angelo, Fortunato Ferrara, Renata Pasqualini, Fernanda Staquicini |
GRP78-binding antibodies and uses thereof and selection of phage-displayed accessible recombinant targeted antibodies |
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12,060,330 |
David Alland, Divya Awasthi, Glenn Capodagli, Sean Ekins, Joel Freundlich, Pradeep Kumar, Matthew Neiditch |
Therapeutic indazoles |
|
12,049,492 |
Saiaditya Badeti, Dongfang Liu, Minh Ma |
CR3022 chimeric antigen receptors and methods of use |
|
12,046,129 |
Xiaoli Bai, Hao Peng |
Computer-based systems configured for space object orbital trajectory predictions and methods thereof |
|
12,041,178 |
Chen Cong, Naftaly Minsky, David Zimmerman |
Scalable, secure, and broad-spectrum mechanism for enforcement of protocols over multi-agent systems |
|
12,037,529 |
Ki-Bum Lee, Nicholas Pasquale, Hudifah Rabie, Yixiao Zhang |
Luminescent layered composition and a method for using the composition |
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12,030,983 |
Durgadas Bolikal Bolikal, Joachim Kohn |
Polymeric biomaterials derived from phenolic monomers and their medical uses |
|
12,027,660 |
Glenn Amatucci, Anthony Ferrer, Irene Plitz, Linda Wu Sung |
Electrochemical cell having thin metal foil packaging and a method for making same |
|
12,018,099 |
Xiao Hu, Stacy Love, David Salas-De La Cruz, David Verrill |
Methods of modifying cellulose crystallinity |
|
11,995,986 |
Marco Gruteser, Suhas Mathur |
Vehicular information systems and methods |
|
11,993,592 |
Thomas Dugan, Alan Goldman |
Phebox ligands and methods of making same |
|
11,993,571 |
Edmond LaVoie, Ajit Parhi, Yangsheng Sun, Yi Yuan, Yongzheng Zhang |
Indole derivatives as efflux pump inhibitors |
|
11,992,362 |
Max Balter, Alvin Chen, Joshua Leipheimer, Martin Yarmush |
Ultrasound-guided alignment and insertion of percutaneous cannulating instruments |
|
11,987,777 |
Hao Lin, Jerry Shan, David Shreiber, Jeffrey Zahn, Mingde Zheng |
High throughput, feedback-controlled electroporation microdevice for efficient molecular delivery into single cells |
|
11,984,030 |
Marco Gruteser, Suhas Mathur |
Vehicular information systems and methods |
|
11,974,659 |
Vivek Kumar, Maxine Strickland |
Toothbrush suction apparatus and method |
|
11,964,987 |
Achyutharao Sidduri |
Isoidide derivatives and methods of making and using same |
|
11,964,019 |
Ruying Lu, Raphael Mannino |
Cochleates made with soy phosphatidylserine |
|
11,951,476 |
Umer Hassan, Corey Norton |
Electronic-sensing and magnetic-modulation (ESMM) biosensor for phagocytosis quantification in pathogenic infections and methods of use thereof |
|
11,943,038 |
Anastasios Dimas, Dionysios Kalogerias, Athina Petropulu |
Relay beamforming with predictive relay selection for millimeter wave communications |
|
11,939,402 |
Robert Tancer, Gregory Wiedman, Chaoyang Xue |
Antifungal peptides, compounds including the same, and methods of use thereof |
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11,938,463 |
Baiyan Li, Jing Li |
Metal-organic framework based molecular traps for capture of radioactive organic iodides from nuclear waste |
|
11,938,114 |
Edmond LaVoie, Ajit Parhi, Yongzheng Zhang |
Bacterial efflux pump inhibitors |
|
11,928,336 |
David Domingo, Sudarsun Kannan, Rekha Pitchumani, Yujie Ren |
Systems and methods for heterogeneous storage systems |
|
11,924,227 |
Honggang Wang, Saman Aliari Zonouz |
Hybrid unsupervised machine learning framework for industrial control system intrusion detection |
|
11,918,951 |
Jing Li, Hao Wang |
MOF compositions for selective separation of hydrocarbons |
|
11,911,054 |
Amit Singla |
Neuroaspiration catheter for thrombectomy |
|
11,896,713 |
Olga Garbuzenko, Tamara Minko |
Strategies to enhance lung cancer treatment |
|
11,884,985 |
David Denning, Steven Park, David Perlin |
Assays for fungal infection |
|
11,872,250 |
Guangwen Ren, Yufang Shi, Liying Zhang |
Methods for inducing an immune response by administering activated mesenchymal stem cells |
|
11,857,425 |
Michael Dunn, Charles Gatt, Jay Patel |
System and method for making personalized fibrocartilage implants |
|
11,857,307 |
Gal Hayam, Michael Timofeyev, Tal Haim Bar-on, Amardeep Saluja |
Finding the origin of an arrythmia |
