{"47379":{"#nid":"47379","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Ranks Among Top 10 in \u0027Patent Scorecard\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has joined prestigious research universities in the top 10 of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.patentboard.com\/Portals\/0\/docs\/ip_2009_usc.pdf\u0022\u003E2009 \u0022Patent Scorecard,\u0022\u003C\/a\u003E which ranks technology innovations generated from patents. With a 36 percent increase in patent activity during the past year, Georgia Tech jumped from 11th to 8th place, with a focus on semiconductors and electronics, according to the report.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The great news is that Georgia Tech had the third highest \u0027impact score,\u0027 which measures the extent to which our patents are being built upon,\u0022 said Jilda Garton, Georgia Tech\u0027s associate vice provost for research. \u0022We are also proud of the fact that Georgia Tech which reports as a single entity compares favorably with university systems such as the California University System.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Patent Board, the 2009 Universities Patent Scorecard represents the universities and university-based laboratories from around the world involved in patenting their research in all disciplines within the United States. The report ranks 124 of the top universities according to the relative strengths of their patent portfolios.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"With a 36 percent increase in patent activity during the past year, Georgia Tech jumped from 11th to 8th place, with a focus on semiconductors and electronics, according to a report from The Patent Board.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech jumps from 11th to 8th place in patent activity"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-11-13 20:06:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtrc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Corporation"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtarc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7791","name":"electtronic"},{"id":"7789","name":"patent scorecard"},{"id":"1543","name":"patents"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"167609","name":"semiconductor"},{"id":"7790","name":"top 10"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}