Tsinghua Ranks 15th in IEEE Spectrum Patent List

In November, 2012 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) published the 2012 Patent Power scorecard on the website of its flagship journal Spectrum. Tsinghua ranked 15th in the category for universities, education and training. It is the only university from outside the US to win a top 20 place.

The rankings are based on an objective and quantitative benchmarking of the patent portfolios of more than 5,000 leading commercial enterprises, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies.

Organizations are ranked based on their ‘Pipeline Power’, measured by the number of US patents they have been granted in 2011 and weighted on a number of other metrics that reflect the growth, impact, originality, and generality of the organization’s patent portfolio.

Tsinghua was granted 118 US patents in 2011. Based solely on the number of patents, it ranks fifth among the top 20 universities within its category.

(By Song Peijing)

Patents granted to Tsinghua globally in recent years