<p>From COHE</p>
<p>"Some of the top research universities in the country also are among the most successful at commercializing the inventions of their professors and graduate students. Then there is the University of Michigan.</p>
<p>For all its stature as a powerhouse research university, with top-ranked graduate schools, hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, and prestigious, federally financed research centers in optics and computing, the state’s flagship campus has rarely earned more than a few million dollars a year in licensing income. Meanwhile, places like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and the University of Wisconsin routinely rake in tens of millions. </p>
<p>Even taking into account the fluky nature of the technology-transfer business – many of the institutions earning the most from royalties owe their success to one or two “big hit” inventions – Michigan’s record has been, until recently, decidedly undistinguished"</p>