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Students inventors help BYU land on Top 100 list for issued patents
The efforts of Brigham Young University students helped the Provo school place 86th on the National Academy of Inventor’s top 100 list for most U.S. patents by universities. Graduates or undergraduates were listed as co-founders on 10 of the 18 BYU patents issued in 2024, or 56%. That type of student participation on patents isn't normal — only 4% of STEM Ph.D. students nationwide even appear on patents, according to BYU. But it’s a reflection of the type of school BYU strives to be, said BYU Technology Transfer Director Dave Brown. “For a school that does as much research as ...