Every year since 2013,the National Association of Inventors has been listing the top 100 Universities that obtained the most U.S. Utility Patents, using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

And every year, Drexel University has been climbing up the ladder. Up from the 94th slot in the 2013 edition, the most recent list (which uses data from 2015) has them placed at #49, making Drexel the 37th U.S. college with the most utility patents awarded. According to the list, Drexel was awarded 42 utility patents in 2015.

The latest edition of the ranking, which was released Tuesday, gave the University of California (the whole system, for what it’s worth) the No. 1 spot with 489 patents awarded.

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