<p>Well, actually, if we really want to talk about UC patents and where they come from then I think we have to acknowledge that while Cal is obviously an important contributor within the UC system, arguably the most important contributor is actually UCSF. </p>
<p>Consider the following quotes:</p>
<p>"UCSF holds more than 500 patents, including five of the University of California system’s top 11 revenue producers – hepatitis B vaccine, human growth hormone, a cochlear implant helping deaf people hear, a technique for delivering medicines into the body’s cells and a form of recombinant DNA used for the production of therapeutic agents. </p>
<p>UCSF’s patents generated $434 million in the past five years – 76 percent of the revenue from all patents in the UC system in the same period."</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/Academic-Economic-Value19feb02.htm[/url]”>http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/Academic-Economic-Value19feb02.htm</a></p>
<p>“[UCSF was] Ranked 1st for active patents in UC system”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/about/facts.aspx[/url]”>http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/about/facts.aspx</a></p>
<p>Hence, while I don’t know if it is true or not, it seems to me that it’s too strong to say that half of all patents in the UC system in one year came from Cal alone, because of the presence of UCSF in the UC system.</p>