Patents Issued to Colleges and Universities and Licensing Income
  Patents Issued Licensing Income
(in thousands)
Total
2005 		National Rank Total
1995 to 2005 		National Rank Total
2005 		National Rank Total
1995 to 2005 		National Rank
United States
2,819
29,642
$1,066,156
$7,907,887
SREB states
857
8,239
331,050
2,768,679
SREB states as a percent of U.S.
30.4
27.8
31.1
35.0
Alabama
70
14
460
20
$9,775
23
$32,746
29
Arkansas
23
25
177
32
1,540
37
13,010
36
Delaware
11
38
60
42
222
42
4,424
40
Florida
135
6
1,077
9
97,727
3
1,347,483
2
Georgia
83
13
817
13
69,796
4
447,609
5
Kentucky
19
30
240
28
983
39
19,853
33
Louisiana
21
28
225
29
13,082
19
96,804
18
Maryland
112
9
1,161
8
13,672
18
93,600
19
Mississippi
11
38
64
39
1,593
36
7,289
39
North Carolina
125
8
1,258
7
58,960
6
231,758
10
Oklahoma
15
33
173
34
4,322
29
17,956
34
South Carolina
21
28
163
35
2,957
32
47,865
26
Tennessee
30
23
400
23
5,782
28
49,401
25
Texas
142
5
1,378
5
40,673
10
278,761
8
Virginia
39
19
583
16
9,967
22
80,029
20
West Virginia
0
46
3
48
0
46
91
47
Source: Association of University Technology Managers Inc. surveys — (http://chronicle.com and www.autm.net).
SREB Fact Book June 2007