International patent applications grew 5.1% to more than 200,000 last year, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. The United States exceeded its previous record, set before the financial crisis, and China saw the largest growth with a 16% surge. The University of California (46% rise to 398 applications) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (49% rise to 217) were the top-filing educational institutions.
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