Less not many as none

The US National Academy of Inventors has issued its 2018 list of the top 100 universities granted US utility payments. US universities dominate, University of California is first with 526 (up from 453 in 2015) followed by MIT which took out 304, followed by Stanford U with 226. But Chinese, Japanese and Korean universities are notable on the list, both Singapore’s universities are there. As are Middle East unis – Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is 4^th with 209 patents and the kingdom’s King Saud U is 25^th, with 81 patents.  Israel has two listings, down three on 2015.

The UK and Europeans aren’t active – the University of Oxford’s technology transfer subsidiary is the only entrant at 85^th (29 patents).  And Australia is not there at all