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Rice Office of Technology Transfer and Intel sign subscription agreement for innovation access

August 20, 2025

Rice’s Office of Technology Transfer has entered into a subscription agreement with Intel Corporation which will enable the global technology leader to explore and potentially license select patented innovations developed at Rice.

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Rice rises 26 spots in ranking of top 100 US universities for utility patents

July 23, 2025

Rice is now ranked 68th on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024, a list published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) — a leap of 26 spots from last year’s list. Rice ranked 94th in 2023 with 14 granted patents; this year, Rice brought in 30 new patents, leading to its sharp increase in ranking.

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Rice names AVPs for research security, technology transfer

June 21, 2023

Rice University’s Office of Research has named Tam Dao as assistant vice president for research security and Patricia Stepp as assistant vice president for technology transfer. Both will begin their new roles on July 17.

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