POSTECH, Top Patent Power in Asia
POSTECH, Top Patent Power in Asia
  • Reporter Kim Eun-ji
  • 승인 2010.04.14 14:28
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Placed world’s 19th in IEEE Spectrum’s ranking

 

▲ POSTECH placed world's 19th in the IEEE Spectrum's patent power ranking.
POSTECH placed among the top 20 universities in the world in the evaluation of patent power. Based on surveys of patents applied in 2009, IEEE Spectrum, the flagship publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electorinics Engineers (IEEE) reporting the latest technology and exploring future trends, announced the impact of patents of high technology companies and academia worldwide.

 

Ranked overall 19th following the University of Oxford, POSTECH became the first Asian university to place in the top 20 since the IEEE started reporting from 2007.

The IEEE stated, “It is notable that the 2009 scorecard contains two non-U.S. universities-the University of Oxford and South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology-compared to none in 2007.” Considering 18 other universities of the top 20 are all from the U.S, the result suggests that POSTECH’s research impact is internationally recognized.

In particular, POSTECH received the highest point (2.85) on Pipeline Originality, a scorecard criterion, among these 20 universities. It also marked as having the lowest percentage (2.2%) as self citations which involve patents referenced internally.

President Baik said, “To be acknowledged for our patent originality means that we are leading that area of research. POSTECH was approved for its research excellency by the IEEE through this research; however, we will strive for more research success.”

The indicators for IEEE’s patent power evaluation are Pipeline Growth, Pipeline Impact, Pipeline Generality, Pipeline Originality and the number of patents. These are inclusively measured and the points are adjusted based on the rate of self citations for a fair judgment.

The University of Texas was placed first, followed by the University of California and University of Central Florida.